List of Famous people who died at 57

Jacques Desrosiers

First Name Jacques
Last Name Desrosiers
Born on July 8, 1938
Died on June 11, 1996 (aged 57)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jacques Desrosiers was a Québécois Canadian singer and actor. Desrosiers was best known for playing the clown Patof in the Canadian television series Patofville. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

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John Mann

First Name John
Last Name Mann
Born on September 18, 1962
Died on November 20, 2019 (aged 57)

John Fraser Mann was a Canadian rock musician, songwriter and actor. He was best known as the frontman of the folk rock band Spirit of the West.

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Meera Sanyal

First Name Meera
Born on April 15, 1961
Died on January 11, 2019 (aged 57)
Born in India

Meera Sanyal was an Indian banker and politician. She served as CEO and chairperson of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India. The daughter of a highly decorated Naval officer, Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani, she was involved in banking for over 30 years before stepping down from RBS to stand as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate in South Mumbai in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which she lost. She had earlier contested as an independent candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai South constituency.

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Ichiro Nakagawa

First Name Ichiro
Last Name Nakagawa
Born on March 9, 1925
Died on January 9, 1983 (aged 57)

Ichiro Nakagawa was a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō. He committed suicide at a hotel in Sapporo after he was defeated in the presidency election of the LDP—losing the chance to become prime minister.

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Georgi Burkov

First Name Georgi
Last Name Burkov
Born on May 31, 1933
Died on July 19, 1990 (aged 57)
Born in Russia, Perm Krai

Georgi Ivanovich Burkov was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on 19 July 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis.

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M'hamed Issiakhem

First Name M'hamed
Died on December 1, 1985 (aged 15)

M'hamed Issiakhem is one of the founders of the modern Algerian painting.

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Emlyn Hughes

First Name Emlyn
Last Name Hughes
Born on August 28, 1947
Died on November 9, 2004 (aged 57)

Emlyn Walter Hughes was an English footballer. He started his career in 1964 at Blackpool before moving to Liverpool in 1967. He made 665 appearances for Liverpool, and captained the side to four league titles and an FA Cup victory in the 1970s. Added to these domestic honours were two European Cups, including Liverpool's first in 1977; and two UEFA Cup titles. Hughes won the Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1977. Hughes completed a full set of English football domestic honours by winning the League Cup with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1980. In addition to Wolves, he later played for Rotherham United, Hull City, Mansfield Town and Swansea City. Hughes earned 62 caps for the England national team, which he also captained.

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Leonard Rossiter

First Name Leonard
Last Name Rossiter
Born on October 21, 1926
Died on October 5, 1984 (aged 57)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Leonard Rossiter was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series Rising Damp from 1974 to 1978, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.

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Michael Tönnies

First Name Michael
Last Name Tönnies
Born on December 19, 1959
Died on January 26, 2017 (aged 57)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Michael Tönnies was a German professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero

First Name Pilar
Last Name Romero
Born on April 20, 1940
Died on October 19, 1997 (aged 57)

Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. She was the General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. In the 1990s, she directed the television broadcasts of the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I.

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