Famous Deaths Happened In 1947

Jan 04 Forrest reid: Irish author/critic (young tom, apostate),  

Jan 09 Karl mannheim: Sociologist (diagnosis of our time),  

Jan 11 Eva tanguay: Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)  

Jan 12 Jonas cohn: German/english philosopher (wertwissenschaft),  

Jan 13 Veit valentin: German/us historian (german people),  

Jan 15 Elizabeth short: The black dahlia (b. 1924)  

Jan 17 Pyotr krasnov: Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)  

Jan 20 Josh gibson: Negro league slugger,  

Jan 23 Pierre bonnard: French painter/illustrator,  

Jan 24 Felix timmermans: Writer/painter (gift from st nicholas),  

Jan 25 Al capone: Chicago gangster,  

Jan 26 Grace moore: Us soprano/actress (1 night of life),  

Jan 28 Reynaldo hahn: Composer,  

Jan 29 Fred barratt: Cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 tests for eng 1929-30),  

Jan 30 Frederick f blackman: English botanist,  

Feb 03 Anna bahr-von mildenburg: Austrian soprano/director,  

Feb 05 Ganzefles: Dutch nazi spy/jews hunter, executed  

Feb 06 Albert jm bakker: Dutch actor (teun the night watch),  

Feb 08 Ernest samuel williams: Composer,  

Feb 12 Sidney toler: Actor (charlie chan, dark alibi),  

Feb 25 Friedrich paschen: German physicist,  

Feb 26 Ben webster: Actor (old curiosity shop),  

Feb 27 Mackinnon of mackinnon: Cricketer (tests eng v aust 1879),  

Mar 01 J boogaard: Nazi collaborator, executed  

Mar 05 Alfredo casella: Italian composer/conductor (la giara),  

Mar 06 Ludwig weber: Composer,  

Mar 09 Stanley jackson: Cricketer (20 tests for england 1893-1905),  

Mar 11 Victor hely-hutchinson: Composer,  

Mar 12 "winston churchill the american": American novelist (b. 1871)  

Mar 18 William c. durant: American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)  

Mar 19 Willem f j pijper: Dutch composer/critic,  

Mar 20 Sigurd wallén: Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884)  

Mar 23 Archduchess luise of austria: Princess of tuscany (b. 1870)  

Mar 27 Charles smith: Cricketer (batted for s afr in 1902-03),  

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Jan 02 Aleksandr tikhonova: Ussr, biathalon relay (oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)  

Jan 02 Calvin hill: Nfl running back (dallas cowboys)  

Jan 02 Lanny bassham: Us, rifle-3 position (olympic-gold-1976)  

Jan 02 Jack hanna: American zoologist  

Jan 03 Sergey filipovich protchenko: Russian cosmonaut  

Jan 04 J danforth quayle: (sen-r-ind, 44th vp 1989-93)/rich draft dodger  

Jan 04 Chris cutler: English musician and composer (henry cow, art bears)  

Jan 04 Rick stein: English chef and television presenter