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In the year 1953
357 Notable deaths
Albert Austin
English actor.
Born December 13th, 1882 in Birmingham.
Died August 17th, 1953 at 70 years old in North Hollywood.
Chet Miller
American racing driver.
Born July 19th, 1902 in Detroit.
Died May 15th, 1953 at 50 years old in Indianapolis.
Edward Sedgwick
Film director, screenwriter.
Born November 7th, 1892 in Galveston.
Died May 7th, 1953 at 60 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rudolf Bauer
German painter, born 11 february 1889 in wirsitz, german empire (today poland), died 28 november 1953 in deal, new jersey, usa.
Born February 11th, 1889 in Wąwelno. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1953 at 64 years old in Deal (lung cancer). [ref]
Morgan Wallace
American film actor (1881-1953).
Born July 26th, 1881 in Lompoc.
Died December 12th, 1953 at 72 years old in Tarzana (disease).
Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line
German prince (1895-1953).
Born May 13th, 1895 in Saalburg-Ebersdorf.
Died December 31st, 1953 at 58 years old
Nikolay Zelinsky
Russian chemist.
Born February 6th, 1861 in Tiraspol.
Died July 31st, 1953 at 92 years old in Moscow.
Maksim Purkayev
Soviet general (1894-1953).
Born August 14th, 1894.
Died January 1st, 1953 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
American musician.
Born October 30th, 1864 in Chicago.
Died November 4th, 1953 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Grigori Voitinsky
Russian communist official (1893-1953).
Born April 17th, 1893 in Nevel.
Died June 11th, 1953 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 161 to 170 of 357
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir