Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

Apr 08 Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Apr 10 In the year 1937 algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 15 In the year 1937 nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79  

Apr 17 Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910) died in the year 1937.  

Apr 19 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 in the year 1937.  

Apr 25 In the year 1937 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 in the year 1937.  

Apr 29 William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) died on this day in history.  

May 01 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 02 On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73  

May 04 On this day in history death of noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)  

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

May 10 William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

May 11 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1937.  

May 13 In the year 1937 death of ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)  

May 15 Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) died in the year 1937.  

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

May 25 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies in the year 1937.  

May 28 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67 in the year 1937.  

Jun 02 On this day in history louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66  

Jun 04 In the year 1937 donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies  

Jun 06 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history death of robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)  

Jun 11 R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895) died on this day in history.  

Jun 12 In the year 1937 death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)  

Jun 18 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies in the year 1937.  

Jun 19 On this day in history james M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies  

Jun 25 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jun 26 On this day in history georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82  

Jun 28 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 02 On this day in history amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1937 birth of r Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s)  

Jan 06 Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1937 birth of lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)  

Jan 06 In the year 1937 birth of paolo Conte, Italian singer  

Jan 08 Robert Moran, composer was born on this day in history.