Dead at age 64

1,094 Notable deaths

Jim Thorpe

American track and field athlete and baseball player (1888-1953).

Born May 28th, 1888 in Prague. [ref]

Died March 28th, 1953 at 64 years old in Lomita (myocardial infarction).

Donna Reed

American film and television actress.

Born January 27th, 1921 in Denison.

Died January 14th, 1986 at 64 years old in Beverly Hills (pancreatic cancer).

Henry Lee Lucas

American serial killer.

Born August 23rd, 1936 in Blacksburg.

Died March 12th, 2001 at 64 years old in Huntsville (heart failure).

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer.

Born April 9th, 1953 in Clinton.

Died October 1st, 2017 at 64 years old in Mandalay Bay (shot to the head).

Lee Van Cleef

American actor (1925–1989).

Born January 9th, 1925 in Somerville.

Died December 16th, 1989 at 64 years old in Oxnard (myocardial infarction).

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslavian and serbian politician (1941−2006).

Born August 20th, 1941 in Požarevac. [ref]

Died March 11th, 2006 at 64 years old in Scheveningen (myocardial infarction). [ref]

William Faulkner

American writer (1897-1962).

Born September 25th, 1897 in New Albany.

Died July 6th, 1962 at 64 years old in Byhalia (myocardial infarction).

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Indian independence activist (1856-1920).

Born July 23rd, 1856 in Ratnagiri. [ref]

Died September 1st, 1920 at 64 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

Shoeless Joe Jackson

American baseball player.

Born July 16th, 1887 in Pickens County.

Died December 5th, 1951 at 64 years old in Greenville (myocardial infarction).

Pete Postlethwaite

English character actor (1946–2011).

Born February 7th, 1946 in Warrington. [ref]

Died January 2nd, 2011 at 64 years old in Shrewsbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan