Famous Deaths 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 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1937.  

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 In the year 1937 clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open  

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

May 04 Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) died in the year 1937.  

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

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 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla in the year 1937.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 10 Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854) died in the year 1937.  

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 In the year 1937 gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies  

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 On this day in history max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64  

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

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of robert Moran, composer