List of Famous people who died at 55

Selma Reis was a Brazilian actress and singer.

Leopoldo Brizuela was an Argentine journalist, writer and translator. He was born in La Plata in 1963.

Dalva de Oliveira or Vicentina de Paula Oliveira was a Brazilian singer and one of "divas" of the "Radio Era." Her greatest hits included Segredo (Secret) (1947), Tudo acabado (1950), Ave Maria (1950), and Teus olhos verdes (1961). In addition, she recorded frequently with her son Pery Ribeiro, from her marriage with composer Herivelto Martins. She died as a victim of internal bleeding, probably caused by cancer.

Birendra Bir Bikram Shah was the King of Nepal from 1972 until 2001. The eldest son of King Mahendra, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.

Lee Shih-ke was a Taiwanese murderer and armed robber who perpetrated Taiwan's first gunpoint bank heist. An army veteran and taxi driver, he murdered a police officer in January 1980 with the intention of using the officer's gun to rob a bank. He carried out the robbery on April 14, 1982 and was captured and executed within six weeks. However, before his capture, the police had wrongly arrested another man and produced a false confession using torture; the suspect committed suicide whilst in police custody. Lee gained a reputation as "Taiwan’s Robin Hood" due to his anger at the “nouveau riche” class and a golden statue was erected in his honor in New Taipei City, whilst legal reforms were introduced to prevent false confessions and police torture.

Guadalupe Grande Aguirre was a Spanish poet. She had a degree in social anthropology from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Hiroaki Shukuzawa was a successful rugby coach of the Japan national rugby union team (1997–2000). As a player, he was capped three times by Japan as a scrum-half, and he also advised the Japan Rugby Football Union. He also held important posts as a banker.

Volker Prechtel was a German actor. He appeared in 52 films and television shows between 1974 and 1997.

Ronald William Lacey was an English-born actor of Welsh descent. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period and is perhaps best remembered for his roles as Harris in Porridge, Gestapo agent Major Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder II.

Micaela Rodríguez Cuesta, known professionally as Mikaela, was a Spanish singer and actress. She began her film career in 1956 and played her first starring role in the Spanish film The Red Rose (1960). Her signature song, "La luna y el toro" (1964), was a number-one hit in Spain and earned her an award in 1965.