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Dead at age 55
580 Notable deaths
Pierre Nkurunziza
President of burundi from 2005 to 2020.
Born December 18th, 1964 in Ngozi.
Died June 8th, 2020 at 55 years old in Karuzi (cardiac arrest, COVID-19). [ref]
Andrew Kehoe
American mass murderer and bomber.
Born February 1st, 1872 in Tecumseh.
Died May 18th, 1927 at 55 years old in Bath Township (dynamite).
Matti Nykänen
Finnish ski jumper (1963-2019).
Born July 17th, 1963 in Jyväskylä. [ref]
Died February 4th, 2019 at 55 years old in Joutseno (pneumonia, pancreatitis). [ref]
Leah Bracknell
English actress and yoga instructor (1964-2019).
Born July 12th, 1964 in London.
Died September 16th, 2019 at 55 years old in Worthing (lung cancer).
Lu Xun
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936).
Born September 25th, 1881 in Shaoxing.
Died October 19th, 1936 at 55 years old in Shanghai (tuberculosis).
Robert Ley
German nazi politician; indicted by the international military tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945).
Born February 15th, 1890 in Niederbreidenbach. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging). [ref]
Dmitry Khvorostovsky
Russian operatic baritone (1962-2017).
Born October 16th, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 55 years old in London (brain cancer).
Thomas Midgley
American chemist (1889-1944).
Born May 18th, 1889 in Beaver Falls.
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 55 years old in Worthington (strangling).
Francisco Macías Nguema
Equatorialguinean politician, 1st and former president of equatorial guinea (1924-1979).
Born January 1st, 1924 in Mongomo.
Died September 29th, 1979 at 55 years old in Black Beach (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908).
Born December 15th, 1852 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1908 at 55 years old in manoir de Pen Castel.
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