Dead at age 55
815 Notable deaths
Bill Everett
Comic book writer-artist.
Born May 18th, 1917 in Cambridge.
Died February 27th, 1973 at 55 years old in New York City.
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral.
Born January 8th, 1849 in Mykolaiv.
Died April 13th, 1904 at 55 years old in Yellow Sea.
Eric Gale
American jazz guitarist (1938–1994).
Born September 20th, 1938 in Brooklyn.
Died May 25th, 1994 at 55 years old in Baja California peninsula (lung cancer).
Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright (1950–2006).
Born October 18th, 1950 in Brooklyn.
Died January 30th, 2006 at 55 years old in Manhattan (lymphoma). [ref]
Frank Bunker Gilbreth
American industrial engineer (1868-1924).
Born July 7th, 1868 in Fairfield.
Died June 14th, 1924 at 55 years old in Montclair (myocardial infarction).
Peter van Eyck
German-american actor (1911–1969).
Born July 16th, 1913 in Kamienny Jaz.
Died July 15th, 1969 at 55 years old in Männedorf (disease).
Carl Bloch
Danish painter (1834–1890).
Born May 23rd, 1834 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1890 at 55 years old in Copenhagen (cancer).
Tafari Benti
Ethiopian military leader and head of state (1921-1977).
Born October 11th, 1921 in Addis Ababa.
Died February 3rd, 1977 at 55 years old in Addis Ababa.
Basil Radford
British actor (1897-1952).
Born June 25th, 1897 in Chester.
Died October 20th, 1952 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Nigamananda Paramahansa
Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935).
Born August 19th, 1880 in Kutabpur.
Died November 29th, 1935 at 55 years old in Kolkata.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan