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In the year 1954
360 Notable deaths
Pyotr Leshchenko
Russian singer.
Born June 14th, 1898 in Isaieve.
Died July 16th, 1954 at 56 years old in Târgu Ocna (ulcer). [ref]
Sadriddin Ayni
Tajikistani writer (1878-1954).
Born April 27th, 1878 in Bukhara.
Died December 29th, 1954 at 76 years old in Dushanbe. [ref]
Emil Leon Post
American logician.
Born February 11th, 1897 in Augustów. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1954 at 57 years old in New York City. [ref]
Franco Alfano
Italian composer and pianist.
Born March 8th, 1876 in Naples, Posillipo. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1954 at 78 years old in Sanremo. [ref]
Onofre Marimón
Racecar driver.
Born December 23rd, 1923 in Zárate.
Died July 31st, 1954 at 30 years old in Nürburgring (traffic collision).
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Turkish writer of short stories and poetry (1906-1954).
Born November 23rd, 1906 in Adapazarı.
Died May 11th, 1954 at 47 years old in Istanbul (liver cirrhosis).
Clemens Krauss
Austrian conductor.
Born March 31st, 1893 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1954 at 61 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Oscar Straus
Viennese composer.
Born April 6th, 1870 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1954 at 83 years old in Bad Ischl. [ref]
John Lennard-Jones
British scientist (1894-1954).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Lancashire.
Died November 1st, 1954 at 60 years old in Stoke-on-Trent.
Martin Andersen Nexø
Danish writer.
Born June 26th, 1869 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1954 at 84 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 360
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker