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In the year 1954
360 Notable deaths
Jean Roger-Ducasse
French composer.
Born April 18th, 1873 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1954 at 81 years old in Le Taillan-Médoc. [ref]
Jacob Tullin Thams
Sportsman.
Born April 7th, 1898 in Christiania.
Died July 27th, 1954 at 56 years old in Oslo.
Lillian Rich
English-born american actress (1900-1954).
Born January 1st, 1900 in Herne Hill.
Died January 5th, 1954 at 54 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Cesare Gravina
Actor (1858-1954).
Born January 23rd, 1858 in Naples.
Died September 16th, 1954 at 96 years old in New York City.
Felipe Molas López
Paraguayan politician (1901-1954).
Died December 17th, 1954 at 53 years old in Asunción.
Ferenc Herczeg
Hungarian writer, politician (1863–1954).
Born September 22nd, 1863 in Vršac. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1954 at 90 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Nina Genke-Meller
Ukrainian-russian artist (1893-1954).
Born April 19th, 1893 in Moscow.
Died July 25th, 1954 at 61 years old in Kyiv.
Henry Folland
Aviation pioneer and aircraft designer (1889–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1889 in Cambridge.
Died September 5th, 1954 at 65 years old in Nottingham.
Harald Paulsen
German actor.
Born August 26th, 1895 in Elmshorn. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1954 at 58 years old in Hamburg (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Helen Crawfurd
Scottish suffragette and communist (1877-1954).
Born November 9th, 1877 in Glasgow.
Died April 18th, 1954 at 76 years old in Dunoon.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 360
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson