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Dead at age 58

748 Notable deaths

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Mathematician, electrical engineer.

Born April 9th, 1865 in Wrocław.

Died October 26th, 1923 at 58 years old in Schenectady.

Robert Ripley

American cartoonist (1890–1949).

Born December 25th, 1890 in Santa Rosa.

Died May 27th, 1949 at 58 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).

Kenji Mizoguchi

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956).

Born May 16th, 1898 in Tokyo. [ref]

Died August 24th, 1956 at 58 years old in Kyoto (leukemia). [ref]

Henry Cele

Actor (1949-2007).

Born January 30th, 1949 in Durban. [ref]

Died November 2nd, 2007 at 58 years old in Durban (infectious disease). [ref]

Alan B. Krueger

American economist (1960–2019).

Born September 17th, 1960 in Livingston.

Died March 16th, 2019 at 58 years old in Princeton. [ref]

Vasily Grossman

Russian soviet writer and journalist (1905-1964).

Born December 12th, 1905 in Berdychiv.

Died September 14th, 1964 at 58 years old in Moscow (cancer).

Doug Sahm

American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1941–1999).

Born November 6th, 1941 in San Antonio.

Died November 18th, 1999 at 58 years old in Taos (myocardial infarction).

Howard Pyle

American illustrator and author (1853-1911).

Born April 5th, 1853 in Wilmington. [ref]

Died November 9th, 1911 at 58 years old in Florence. [ref]

Maurice Lucas

American basketball player-coach.

Born February 18th, 1952 in Pittsburgh.

Died October 31st, 2010 at 58 years old in Portland (bladder cancer).

Oswald Pohl

German ss functionary, head of the ss main economic and administrative office, convicted war criminal (1892-1951).

Born June 30th, 1892 in Duisburg. [ref]

Died June 8th, 1951 at 58 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging). [ref]

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