Dead at age 57

686 Notable deaths

Mikhail Chigorin

Russian chess player.

Born November 12th, 1850 in Gatchina.

Died January 25th, 1908 at 57 years old in Lublin (diabetes).

Rudolf Koch

German type designer and calligrapher (1876-1934).

Born November 20th, 1876 in Nuremberg. [ref]

Died April 9th, 1934 at 57 years old in Offenbach am Main. [ref]

Erwin von Lahousen

German general (1897-1955); affiant in the imt (international military tribunal).

Born October 25th, 1897 in Vienna.

Died February 24th, 1955 at 57 years old in Innsbruck.

Gigi Gryce

American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator (1925–1983).

Born November 28th, 1925 in Pensacola.

Died March 17th, 1983 at 57 years old in Pensacola (myocardial infarction).

Mate Boban

Bosnian croat politician (1940-1997).

Born February 12th, 1940 in Sovići. [ref]

Died July 7th, 1997 at 57 years old in Mostar (cerebral hemorrhage).

Herman Bing

1930s-1940's character actor.

Born March 30th, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main.

Died January 9th, 1947 at 57 years old in Hollywood (ballistic trauma).

Susan Moller Okin

Feminist political philosopher.

Born July 19th, 1946 in Auckland.

Died March 3rd, 2004 at 57 years old in Lincoln.

Petar Borota

Serbian footballer (1952-2010).

Born March 5th, 1952 in Belgrade.

Died February 12th, 2010 at 57 years old in Genoa. [ref]

Robert Nighthawk

American blues musician (1909-1967).

Born November 30th, 1909 in Helena, Helena-West Helena. [ref]

Died November 5th, 1967 at 57 years old in Helena. [ref]

Tignous

French cartoonist (1957-2015).

Born August 21st, 1957 in Paris. [ref]

Died January 7th, 2015 at 57 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris.

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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder