Dead at age 55
630 Notable deaths
Herman J. Mankiewicz
American screenwriter (1897-1953).
Born November 7th, 1897 in New York City.
Died March 5th, 1953 at 55 years old in Hollywood (kidney failure).
Greg Biffle
American racecar driver (1969–2025).
Born December 23rd, 1969 in Vancouver.
Died December 18th, 2025 at 55 years old in Statesville (airplane crash). [ref]
Pernell Whitaker
American boxer (1964–2019).
Born January 2nd, 1964.
Died July 14th, 2019 at 55 years old in Virginia Beach (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Del Shannon
American musician (1934-1990).
Born December 30th, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Coopersville.
Died February 8th, 1990 at 55 years old in Santa Clarita.
Mikhail Tal
Soviet-latvian chess player.
Born November 9th, 1936 in Riga.
Died June 28th, 1992 at 55 years old in Moscow (kidney failure).
Oswald Spengler
German historian and philosopher (1880-1936).
Born May 29th, 1880 in Blankenburg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1936 at 55 years old in Munich. [ref]
Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913).
Born March 18th, 1858 in Paris.
Died September 30th, 1913 at 55 years old in English Channel (drowning).
Gauri Lankesh
Indian kannada-language journalist-activist (1962-2017).
Born January 29th, 1962 in Bengaluru. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2017 at 55 years old in Rajarajeshwari Nagar (gunshot wound). [ref]
Boris Nemtsov
Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959–2015).
Born October 9th, 1959 in Sochi.
Died February 27th, 2015 at 55 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
James Broderick
Actor (1927-1982).
Born March 7th, 1927 in Sullivan County.
Died November 1st, 1982 at 55 years old in New Haven (cancer).
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz