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Dead at age 55
614 Notable deaths
George Alec Effinger
Novelist, short story writer (1947–2002).
Born January 10th, 1947 in Cleveland.
Died April 27th, 2002 at 55 years old in New Orleans.
Constantin von Economo
Romanian psychiatrist.
Born August 21st, 1876 in Brăila.
Died October 21st, 1931 at 55 years old in Vienna.
Fyodor Cherenkov
Russian footballer (1959-2014).
Born July 25th, 1959 in Moscow.
Died October 4th, 2014 at 55 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
Georg Ots
Estonian singer and actor (1920-1975).
Born March 21st, 1920 in Petrograd. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1975 at 55 years old in Tallinn (brain cancer).
Mike Mitchell
American basketball player (1956–2011).
Born January 1st, 1956 in Atlanta.
Died June 9th, 2011 at 55 years old in San Antonio (cancer). [ref]
Yang Hucheng
Chinese warlord (1893-1949).
Born November 26th, 1893 in Pucheng County.
Died September 6th, 1949 at 55 years old in Chongqing.
Vincenzo Lancia
Racecar driver (1881-1937).
Born August 24th, 1881 in Fobello.
Died February 15th, 1937 at 55 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction).
J. H. C. Whitehead
British mathematician (1904-1960).
Born November 11th, 1904 in Chennai.
Died May 8th, 1960 at 55 years old in Princeton.
Roberto Cabañas
Paraguayan footballer (1961-2017).
Born April 11th, 1961 in Pilar. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2017 at 55 years old in Asunción (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Isaak Dunayevsky
Soviet composer (1900–1955).
Born January 30th, 1900 in Lokhvytsia.
Died July 25th, 1955 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
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