Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

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

Apr 10 On this day in history algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 15 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1937.  

Apr 17 In the year 1937 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 Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open on this day in history.  

Apr 27 On this day in history antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46  

Apr 29 In the year 1937 death of william Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)  

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

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

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

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

May 10 In the year 1937 death of william Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)  

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

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

May 15 In the year 1937 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)  

May 23 On this day in history 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 In the year 1937 alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67  

Jun 02 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 06 On this day in history jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26  

Jun 10 In the year 1937 death of robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)  

Jun 11 R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895) died in the year 1937.  

Jun 12 Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) died in the year 1937.  

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

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 In the year 1937 georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82  

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 in the year 1937.  

Jul 10 Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1937.  

Jul 11 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of paolo Conte, Italian singer  

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