Dead at age 55
815 Notable deaths
Roy Campbell
South african poet (1901–1957).
Born October 2nd, 1901 in Durban.
Died April 23rd, 1957 at 55 years old in Setúbal (traffic collision).
Kurt Koffka
German psychologist (1886–1941).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died November 22nd, 1941 at 55 years old in Northampton.
Paul Pena
American musician (1950-2005).
Born January 26th, 1950 in Hyannis.
Died October 1st, 2005 at 55 years old in San Francisco (diabetes). [ref]
Sarit Thanarat
Prime minister of thailand (1908-1963).
Born June 16th, 1908 in Bangkok.
Died December 8th, 1963 at 55 years old in Bangkok (kidney failure).
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
Soviet military commander and marshal of the soviet union (1894-1949).
Died October 17th, 1949 at 55 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Mikhail Tomsky
Soviet politician (1880-1936).
Born October 31st, 1880 in Kolpino.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 55 years old in Korolyov (gunshot wound).
Otto Abetz
Nazi germany's ambassador to vichy france during world war ii, convicted of war crimes (1903–1958).
Born March 26th, 1903 in Schwetzingen.
Died May 5th, 1958 at 55 years old in Langenfeld (traffic collision).
Edward Canby
Union army general (1817–1873).
Born November 9th, 1817 in Boone County.
Died April 11th, 1873 at 55 years old in Siskiyou County.
John Alcott
British cinematographer (1930-1986).
Born November 27th, 1930 in London.
Died July 28th, 1986 at 55 years old in Cannes (myocardial infarction).
Etta McDaniel
American actress (1890-1946).
Born December 1st, 1890 in Wichita.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 55 years old in Los Angeles.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot