Dead at age 55
614 Notable deaths
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969).
Born February 11th, 1914 in Greenville.
Died September 5th, 1969 at 55 years old in Manhasset.
Joe Arroyo
Singer, songwriter (1955–2011).
Born November 1st, 1955 in Cartagena.
Died July 26th, 2011 at 55 years old in Barranquilla (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929).
Born February 1st, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1929 at 55 years old in Rodaun (stroke). [ref]
Henry Worsley
British explorer and british army officer.
Born October 4th, 1960 in London.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 55 years old in Punta Arenas (peritonitis). [ref]
Elizabeth Bentley
American spy for the ussr (1908–1963).
Born January 1st, 1908 in New Milford.
Died December 3rd, 1963 at 55 years old in New Haven (cancer).
Theodore Roethke
American poet (1907-1964).
Born May 25th, 1908 in Saginaw. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1963 at 55 years old in Bainbridge Island (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles Fox Parham
American charismatic preacher.
Born June 4th, 1873 in Muscatine.
Died January 29th, 1929 at 55 years old in Kansas.
Alexander M. Patch
United states army general (1889-1945).
Born November 23rd, 1889 in Fort Huachuca.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 55 years old in Fort Sam Houston (pneumonia).
Vjekoslav Luburić
Croatian war criminal; ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the independent state of croatia (ndh) during much of world war ii (1913-1969).
Born June 20th, 1913 in Ljubuški.
Died April 20th, 1969 at 55 years old in Carcaixent.
Rochelle Hudson
Actress (1916-1972).
Born March 6th, 1916 in Oklahoma City.
Died January 17th, 1972 at 55 years old in Palm Desert (pneumonia). [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid