Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1954

Jun 27 On this day in history francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83  

Jun 28 On this day in history red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26  

Jul 03 In the year 1954 death of siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)  

Jul 06 On this day in history dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70  

Jul 10 In the year 1954 death of calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877)  

Jul 13 In the year 1954 irving Pichel, dies at 63  

Jul 14 In the year 1954 jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87  

Jul 17 Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 in the year 1954.  

Jul 18 Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895) died on this day in history.  

Jul 19 In the year 1954 jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81  

Jul 20 Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52 in the year 1954.  

Jul 24 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Jul 26 On this day in history hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26  

Jul 29 In the year 1954 death of coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)  

Jul 31 In the year 1954 death of onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)  

Aug 01 Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies in the year 1954.  

Aug 02 Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1954.  

Aug 03 On this day in history colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81  

Aug 06 Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] on this day in history.  

Aug 08 Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Aug 11 In the year 1954 death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)  

Aug 13 Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 in the year 1954.  

Aug 17 On this day in history billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77  

Aug 19 In the year 1954 alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73  

Aug 24 In the year 1954 death of getulio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71  

Sep 03 On this day in history eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65  

Sep 05 In the year 1954 death of eugen Schiffer, German politician (b. 1860)  

Sep 07 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885) died in the year 1954.  

Sep 09 Alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1954.  

Sep 10 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies in the year 1954.  

Sep 11 In the year 1954 licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69  

Sep 19 Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1954.  

Sep 21 On this day in history death of kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)  

Sep 24 Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904) died in the year 1954.  

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Jan 02 In the year 1954 birth of ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 02 Henry Bonilla, American politician was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of ross The Boss, rocker  

Jan 03 Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of ned Lamont, American businessman  

Jan 04 In the year 1954 birth of eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician  

Jan 05 Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You) was born in the year 1954.