Dead at age 54

609 Notable deaths

Wilhelm Cohn

German chess player (1859-1913).

Born February 6th, 1859 in Berlin.

Died August 17th, 1913 at 54 years old in Charlottenburg.

Andrew Justice

British rower (1951-2005).

Born January 19th, 1951.

Died June 17th, 2005 at 54 years old

Fons Brijdenbach

Belgian sprinter (1954–2009).

Born October 12th, 1954 in Vorselaar.

Died May 8th, 2009 at 54 years old in Wechelderzande (bladder cancer). [ref]

Tadeusz Płoski

Polish bishop and general.

Born March 9th, 1956 in Lidzbark Warmiński.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 54 years old in Smolensk (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash).

Ethel Sargant

British botanist (1863-1918).

Born October 28th, 1863 in London.

Died January 16th, 1918 at 54 years old in Sidmouth. [ref]

Maria Pierina De Micheli

Roman catholic religious sister (1890–1945).

Born September 11th, 1890 in Milan.

Died July 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Madonna del Sasso.

Gustaf Estlander

Finnish architect, yacht designer and speed skater (1876-1930).

Born September 18th, 1876 in Helsinki.

Died December 1st, 1930 at 54 years old in Stockholm.

Lilian Suzette Gibbs

British botanist, botanical collector, scientific illustrator, explorer and mountaineer (1870-1925).

Born September 10th, 1870 in London.

Died January 30th, 1925 at 54 years old in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pavel Shternberg

Russian astronomer.

Born April 2nd, 1865 in Oryol.

Died February 1st, 1920 at 54 years old in Moscow.

Georges Melchior

French actor (1889–1944).

Born September 15th, 1889 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in Levallois-Perret.

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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks