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Dead at age 54
599 Notable deaths
Lucien Marcus Underwood
U.s. botanist (1853–1907).
Born October 26th, 1853 in New Woodstock. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1907 at 54 years old in Redding.
Jean Bastien
French footballer (1915-1969).
Died August 7th, 1969 at 54 years old in 9th arrondissement of Marseille.
Jan Otčenášek
Czech bookwriter and scriptwriter (1924-1979).
Born November 19th, 1924 in Prague. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1979 at 54 years old in Prague (lung cancer, lung neoplasm). [ref]
Tomasz Tomczykiewicz
Polish politician (1961-2015).
Born March 2nd, 1961 in Pszczyna.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 54 years old in Katowice (kidney disease).
Karl Hessenberg
German mathematician.
Born September 8th, 1904 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died February 22nd, 1959 at 54 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Gustaw Gwozdecki
Polish painter, sculptor and author (1880-1935).
Born May 23rd, 1880 in Warsaw.
Died March 8th, 1935 at 54 years old in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Oscar Moglia
Uruguayan basketball player.
Born February 1st, 1935 in Montevideo.
Died October 8th, 1989 at 54 years old
Alfredo Capelli
Mathematician.
Born August 5th, 1855 in Milan.
Died January 28th, 1910 at 54 years old in Naples.
Bernd Jakubowski
East german footballer (1952-2007).
Born December 10th, 1952 in Rostock.
Died July 25th, 2007 at 54 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Signe Hornborg
Finnish architect (1862-1916).
Born November 8th, 1862 in Turku.
Died December 6th, 1916 at 54 years old in Helsinki.
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