Famous Deaths Happened In 1953

Jan 01 Hank williams: Country singer (cold cold heart),  

Jan 04 Arthur hoyt: Actor (gold rush gertie, lost world),  

Jan 07 Osa johnson: American explorer (b. 1894)  

Jan 08 Heinrich kaspar schmid: Composer,  

Jan 09 Hans aanrud: Norwegian author (storken),  

Jan 10 Theo mackeben: German pianist/composer (golden cage),  

Jan 11 Ernst h ridder rappard: Dutch nazi founder (nsnap),  

Jan 12 Simeon roncal: Composer,  

Jan 15 Viktor patrick vretblad: Composer,  

Jan 24 [karl r] gerd von rundstedt: Gen-field marshal (normandy),  

Jan 26 Martinus nijhoff: Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist,  

Jan 28 James scullin: 9th prime minister of australia (b. 1876)  

Jan 30 Louis h n bosch van rosenthal: Dutch resistance fighter,  

Feb 02 Gustav strube: Composer,  

Feb 04 Alexander loudon: Dutch diplomat (league of nations),  

Feb 08 Cliff clark: Actor (golden hoofs, kid glove killer),  

Feb 24 Karl r g von rundstedt: Germ gen-field marshal (ardennes),  

Feb 25 Jesus garcia leoz: Composer,  

Feb 26 Elisabeth "ilse" kuyper: Dutch/us (opera)composer,  

Feb 28 Jim thorpe: Decathlete (olympics-gold-1912),  

Mar 01 Anton go ridder van rappard: Painter/lithographer/etcher,  

Mar 02 Jim lightbody: American runner (b. 1882)  

Mar 03 James j. jeffries: American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)  

Mar 04 Sergei s prokoviev: Russian composer (peter & the wolf),  

Mar 05 Josef v stalin: Soviet leader responsible for 11m murders,  

Mar 10 Charles gordon curtis: Inventor of (curtis-steam turbine),  

Mar 14 Klement gottwald: Premier/president of czechoslovakia,  

Mar 17 Conrado del campo y zabaleta: Composer,  

Mar 20 Graciliano ramos: Brazilian author (vidas secas),  

Mar 22 James anderson ii: (jo-northern exposure),  

Mar 23 Raoul dufy: Painter, forcalquier, france  

Mar 24 Felix m abel: French dominican/biblical scholar,  

Mar 26 Albert spalding: Composer,  

Mar 27 Narciso garay: Composer,  

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Jan 03 Angelo parisi: France, heavyweight judo (olympic-gold-1980)  

Jan 04 Norberto alonso: Argentine footballer  

Jan 05 Pamela sue martin: Westport ct, actress (nancy drew, fallon-dynasty)  

Jan 05 Steve archer: American singer (the archers)  

Jan 05 Mike rann: Australian politician  

Jan 05 George tenet: American cia director  

Jan 07 Agha zahid: Cricketer (open batting for pak v wi 1975, scored 14 & 1)  

Jan 07 Earl wilber force "wire" lindo: Rocker (bob marley & the wailers)