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Dead at age 55
815 Notable deaths
János Esterházy
Politician of hungarian ethnicity in inter-war czechoslovakia, member of czechoslovak national parliament and of the slovak assembly (1901-1957).
Born March 14th, 1901 in Veľké Zálužie. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 55 years old in Mírov (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Blanche Friderici
American actress (1878-1933).
Born January 21st, 1878 in Brooklyn.
Died December 23rd, 1933 at 55 years old in Visalia (myocardial infarction).
Spyridon Samaras
Greek composer (1861-1917).
Born November 29th, 1861 in Corfu.
Died April 7th, 1917 at 55 years old in Athens.
Yury Trifonov
Writer (1925—1981) from soviet union.
Born August 28th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died March 28th, 1981 at 55 years old in Moscow (pulmonary embolism).
Dezső László
Hungarian general (1893–1949).
Born July 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 55 years old in Budapest.
John O'Donovan
Irish language scholar (1806–1861).
Born July 25th, 1806 in County Kilkenny.
Died December 10th, 1861 at 55 years old in Dublin.
Cy Kendall
American actor (1898-1953).
Born March 10th, 1898 in St. Louis.
Died July 22nd, 1953 at 55 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Roman Wilhelmi
Polish actor (1936-1991).
Born June 6th, 1936 in Poznań. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1991 at 55 years old in Warsaw (liver cancer). [ref]
Ernst Josephson
Swedish artist (1851-1906).
Born April 16th, 1851 in Stockholm.
Died November 22nd, 1906 at 55 years old in Stockholm.
Salah Jahin
Egyptian poet and cartoonist (1930–1986).
Born December 25th, 1930 in Shobra.
Died April 21st, 1986 at 55 years old in Cairo.
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson