Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1954

Jun 27 Francis l casadesus: French violinist/composer/conductor,  

Jun 28 Red deer: In milwaukee zoo, oldest known deer,  

Jul 03 Siegfried handloser: German physician (b. 1895)  

Jul 06 Dirk verbeek: Actor/director (hofstad stage),  

Jul 10 Calogero vizzini: Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877)  

Jul 13 Irving pichel:  

Jul 14 Jacinto benavente y martinez: Spanish playwright,  

Jul 17 Dirk b nanninga: Painter,  

Jul 18 Machine gun kelly: American gangster (b. 1895)  

Jul 19 Jean roger-ducasse: Composer,  

Jul 20 Blair moody: (sen-mich),  

Jul 24 Mary church terrell: Educator/civil rights leader,  

Jul 26 Hans lodeizen: [johan frederik], poet (travel to congo),  

Jul 29 Coen de koning: Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)  

Jul 31 Onofre marimón: Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)  

Aug 01 Charles-a cingria: Writer,  

Aug 02 Rene amengual: Composer,  

Aug 03 Colette: [willy], france, novelist (vagabonde),  

Aug 06 Theo[by] van reijn: Sculptor/drawer/lithograph,  

Aug 08 Gino tagliapietra: Composer,  

Aug 11 Santo trafficante: Sr., sicilian-born american mobster (b. 1886)  

Aug 13 Hermann w s waltershausen: German musicologist/composer,  

Aug 17 Billy murray: Singer (denver nightengale),  

Aug 19 Alcide de gasperi: Italian premier (1945..53),  

Aug 24 Getulio d vargas: Pres/dictator brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71  

Sep 03 Eugene pallette: Actor (it's a date, my man godfrey),  

Sep 05 Eugen schiffer: German politician (b. 1860)  

Sep 07 Bud fisher: American cartoonist (b. 1885)  

Sep 09 Alfred gradstein: Composer,  

Sep 10 Peter anders: German opera singer,  

Sep 11 Licinio refice: Composer,  

Sep 19 Tibor harsanyi: Composer,  

Sep 21 Kokichi mikimoto: Japanese inventor (b. 1858)  

Sep 24 Edward pilgrim: British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)  

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Jan 02 Ludmila borozna: Ussr, volleyball player (olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 02 Henry bonilla: American politician  

Jan 02 Dawn silva: American singer (the brides of funkenstein, p-funk)  

Jan 03 Ross the boss: Rocker  

Jan 03 Dean hart: Canadian wrestler  

Jan 03 Ned lamont: American businessman  

Jan 04 Eugene chadbourne: American composer and musician  

Jan 05 Bryan hitt: Rocker (reo speedwagon-keep on loving you)