List of Famous people who died at 54

Vasili Vladimirovich Pichul was a Soviet and Russian film director, best known for his film Little Vera, released in 1988. His film How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

Christopher Joseph Reccardi was an American cartoon director, graphic designer, animator, character designer, musician, producer, writer and storyboard artist. He worked on numerous animated television series, including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Tiny Toon Adventures, and had directing duties on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. He was also the supervising producer for the first season of Regular Show and creative director for the short-lived Secret Mountain Fort Awesome.

Guillermo González Calderoni was a commander of the Mexican Federal Judicial Police, and one of the strongmen of the Attorney General of Mexico, who went on to accuse Raul Salinas de Gortari, the brother of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, of being involved in drug trafficking. Calderoni was the subject of various allegations of corruption.

Makgatho Lewanika Mandela was the son of Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Mase. He is the father of Ndaba Mandela. He died of AIDS on 6 January 2005 in Johannesburg.

Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a Georgian politician, dissident, scholar, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. Gamsakhurdia is the only Georgian President known to have died while formally in office.

Paul Francis Gray was an Australian songwriter, pianist, singer and record producer. He met with early success as the lead vocalist for the 1980s funk/pop band Wa Wa Nee.

Nell Carter was an American singer and actress.

Bénédicte Grimault, who performed as Belle du Berry, was a French singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the lead singer of the band Paris Combo.

Olli Lindholm was a Finnish singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer of the renowned Finnish band Yö since the early 1980s with a string of hits and albums. In addition, he worked on a solo basis with his own four albums released on various labels including Maailma on kaunis in 2010 that peaked at number one on The Official Finnish Chart Suomen virallinen lista.

David Richard Caplan was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Oriole and Don Valley East from 1997 to 2011 and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2009.