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Dead at age 55
559 Notable deaths
Del Shannon
American musician (1934-1990).
Born December 30th, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Coopersville. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1990 at 55 years old in Santa Clarita. [ref]
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Un official (1948-2003).
Born March 15th, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 19th, 2003 at 55 years old in Baghdad. [ref]
Mikhail Tal
Soviet-latvian chess player.
Born November 9th, 1936 in Riga.
Died June 28th, 1992 at 55 years old in Moscow (kidney failure).
Boris Nemtsov
Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959-2015).
Born October 9th, 1959 in Sochi.
Died February 27th, 2015 at 55 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer.
Born March 18th, 1858 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1913 at 55 years old in English Channel (drowning). [ref]
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925–1981).
Born July 6th, 1925 in Highland Park. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1981 at 55 years old in Harlingen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Oswald Spengler
German historian and philosopher (1880-1936).
Born May 29th, 1880 in Blankenburg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1936 at 55 years old in Munich. [ref]
John Smith
Labour party leader from scotland (1938-1994).
Born September 13th, 1938 in Dalmally.
Died May 12th, 1994 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
David Angell
American screenwriter and television producer (1946-2001).
Born April 10th, 1946 in Barrington.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 55 years old in One World Trade Center (American Airlines Flight 11).
Richard S. Castellano
American actor (1933-1988).
Born September 4th, 1933 in The Bronx.
Died December 10th, 1988 at 55 years old in North Bergen (myocardial infarction).
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