Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 57
652 Notable deaths
Mervyn Peake
English author and illustrator.
Born July 9th, 1911 in Lianxi District. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1968 at 57 years old in Burcot (neurological disorder).
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958).
Born August 8th, 1901 in Canton.
Died August 27th, 1958 at 57 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
John Berryman
American poet and scholar (1914–1972).
Born October 25th, 1914 in McAlester. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1972 at 57 years old in Minneapolis (drowning). [ref]
Thibaw Min
Last king of burma.
Born January 1st, 1859 in Mandalay.
Died December 19th, 1916 at 57 years old in Ratnagiri.
Marcus Loew
Film pioneer, owner of loew's/m-g-m.
Born May 7th, 1870 in New York City.
Died September 5th, 1927 at 57 years old in Glen Cove (myocardial infarction).
Marc Bloch
French historian and resistance fighter.
Died June 16th, 1944 at 57 years old in Saint-Didier-de-Formans (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American novelist.
Born August 8th, 1896 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1953 at 57 years old in St. Augustine (disease). [ref]
Clifford Odets
American playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (1906-1963).
Born July 18th, 1906 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1963 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]
Robert Taylor
American actor (1911-1969).
Born August 5th, 1911 in Filley. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1969 at 57 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
James S. Sherman
Vice president of the united states from 1909 to 1912.
Born October 24th, 1855 in Utica.
Died October 30th, 1912 at 57 years old in Utica (kidney failure).
Deaths 111 to 120 of 652
Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams