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Dead at age 55
614 Notable deaths
Dezső László
Hungarian general (1893-1949).
Born July 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 55 years old in Budapest.
Ernst Josephson
Swedish artist (1851-1906).
Born April 16th, 1851 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1906 at 55 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Sharon Lynn
American actress.
Born April 9th, 1908 in Weatherford.
Died May 26th, 1963 at 55 years old in Hollywood.
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942).
Born November 1st, 1886 in Kitakuruwachō.
Died May 11th, 1942 at 55 years old in Daita (pneumonia).
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
Iraqi twelver shi'a cleric (1943-1999).
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Kadhimiya.
Died February 19th, 1999 at 55 years old in Najaf.
Karl von Le Suire
German general.
Born November 8th, 1898 in Unterwössen.
Died June 18th, 1954 at 55 years old in Volgograd.
Leonid Feodorov
Exarch of the russian catholic church (1879-1935).
Born November 4th, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 7th, 1935 at 55 years old in Kirov.
Oscar Troplowitz
German pharmacist (1863-1918).
Born January 18th, 1863 in Gliwice.
Died April 27th, 1918 at 55 years old in Hamburg.
Ranganathan Francis
Field hockey player (1920-1975).
Born March 15th, 1920 in Yangon.
Died December 1st, 1975 at 55 years old in Chennai.
Christa Winsloe
German-hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor (1888-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1888 in Darmstadt.
Died June 10th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cluny.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)