Famous Deaths In 1937

Apr 08 Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 in the year 1937.  

Apr 10 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Apr 15 On this day in history nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79  

Apr 17 On this day in history death of yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)  

Apr 19 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 On this day in history clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open  

Apr 27 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Apr 29 William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) died in the year 1937.  

May 01 On this day in history snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75  

May 02 In the year 1937 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73  

May 04 Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) died on this day in history.  

May 09 On this day in history walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43  

May 10 On this day in history death of william Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)  

May 11 In the year 1937 viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62  

May 13 Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858) died in the year 1937.  

May 15 Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) died on this day in history.  

May 23 In the year 1937 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla  

May 25 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on this day in history.  

May 28 In the year 1937 alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67  

Jun 02 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1937.  

Jun 04 Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26 in the year 1937.  

Jun 10 Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854) died on this day in history.  

Jun 11 On this day in history death of r. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)  

Jun 12 On this day in history death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)  

Jun 18 On this day in history gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies  

Jun 19 James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 25 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39 in the year 1937.  

Jun 26 Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 in the year 1937.  

Jun 28 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 in the year 1937.  

Jul 02 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40 in the year 1937.  

Jul 09 Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 On this day in history attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56  

Jul 11 In the year 1937 george Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38  

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Jan 02 In the year 1937 birth of marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 In the year 1937 birth of grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser)  

Jan 04 R Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)  

Jan 06 Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Robert Moran, composer was born in the year 1937.