Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "phemia" molkenboer: Dutch author/poster artist,  

May 14 Eddy [charles e] du platform: Writer/poet,  

May 15 Joseph limburg: Liberal 2nd-member of parliament (1905-19),  

May 20 Amar singh: Cricketer (of pneumonia indian pace bowler 1932-36),  

May 23 Andrej n rimski-korssakov: Russian musicologist/son of nikolai,  

May 25 Joe de grasse: American film director (b. 1873)  

May 28 Randle ayrton: Actor (manx man),  

May 30 Y de smit-rog: Eldest dutchman,  

Jun 02 Willem e roelofs: Painter/cartoonist,  

Jun 06 E e clive: Actor (bulldog drummond, night muss fall),  

Jun 07 James hall: Writer/actor (millie, hell's angels),  

Jun 08 Frederick shepherd converse: Us composer,  

Jun 16 Dubose heyward: Us writer (porgy, star spangled virgin),  

Jun 19 Maurice jaubert: Composer,  

Jun 20 Jehan alain: French organist/composer,  

Jun 21 Edouard vuillard: French painter/graphic artist,  

Jun 22 M a noble: Cricketer (giant of nsw/australian cricket),  

Jun 28 Italo balbo: Italian pilot/gov-gen of libya,  

Jun 29 Paul klee: Swiss/german painter/tutor (modern art),  

Jul 02 Ben[jamin] turpin: Us comic (saps at sea, his new job),  

Jul 03 George shepstone: Cricketer (2 tests for s africa 1896-99),  

Jul 10 Donald francis tovey: English musicologist/composer,  

Jul 14 Bill howell: Cricketer (18 tests for aust 1898-1905),  

Jul 15 Donald calthrop:  

Jul 19 Samuel h chang: Us newspaper magnate, murdered in shanghai  

Jul 20 Y g van de peat: Dutch director of employment, commits suicide  

Jul 28 Johann richard ohlsson: Composer,  

Jul 31 Whitney krakower: Us gangster, murderrd by "bugsy" siegel  

Aug 03 Willard hershberger: Catcher (cin reds), commits suicide  

Aug 04 Vladimir jabotinsky: Founder of revisionist zionism,  

Aug 05 Frederick a cook: Us, explorer (north pole),  

Aug 08 Johnny dodds: American musician (b. 1892)  

Aug 13 George c pearce: Actor (hold tat lion, british agent),  

Aug 16 Billy fiske: Us raf-pilot/2nd lieutenant,  

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Jan 02 S. r. s. varadhan: Indian-american mathematician  

Jan 03 Thelma schoonmaker: Actress/editor (casino, cape fear, good fellas)  

Jan 04 Anthony skooter teague: Texas, actor (how to succeed in business)  

Jan 04 Brian josephson: British physicist (nobel 1973)  

Jan 04 Helmut jahn: German architect  

Jan 04 Gao xingjian: Chinese-born french novelist and dramatist, nobel laureate  

Jan 05 Dany saval: Oakland calif, actress (boeing boeing, moon pilot)  

Jan 05 Michael o'donoghue: American writer