Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 27 In the year 1937 antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46  

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 in the year 1937.  

May 02 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1937.  

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

May 09 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 in the year 1937.  

May 10 William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876) died in the year 1937.  

May 11 On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62  

May 13 Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858) died on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history henry O Tanner, artist, dies  

May 28 On this day in history alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67  

Jun 02 In the year 1937 louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66  

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

Jun 06 In the year 1937 jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26  

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

Jun 11 In the year 1937 death of r. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)  

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 in the year 1937.  

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

Jun 28 In the year 1937 max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64  

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

Jul 09 On this day in history death of oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)  

Jul 10 Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 In the year 1937 birth of dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait)  

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 in the year 1937.  

Jan 06 Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 06 Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of robert Moran, composer