Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

Apr 10 Oskar frederik lindberg: Composer,  

Apr 16 Abdullah seif el-islam: Brother of yemenite king ahmed, beheaded  

Apr 18 Don blackie: Cricketer (3 tests for australia 1928-29),  

Apr 23 Robert h woltjer: Classical/ar-first-member of parliament,  

Apr 24 Alfred polgar: Austrian writer/theater critic,  

Apr 25 Constance collier: Actress (perils of pauline),  

Apr 28 Lode cantens: Flemish playwrite (gnomes of the city),  

May 02 Tadeusz jarecki: Composer,  

May 03 Philips c visser: Explorer/ambassador to moscow,  

May 04 Georges enescu: Romanian/french violist/composer (oedipe),  

May 09 Kate booth: The oldest daughter of william and catherine booth (b. 1858)  

May 10 Tommy burns: Canadian boxer (b. 1881)  

May 11 G l jessop: Cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field),  

May 14 Betty ann davies:  

May 16 James agee: Us critic/writer (death in family),  

May 17 Alan fairfax: Cricketer (10 tests for australia 1928-31),  

May 18 Mary mcleod bethune: Educator & civil rights leader,  

May 29 Daniel g van beuningen: Art collector,  

May 31 "wild bill" vukovich: Killed in indy 500  

Jun 01 F melius christiansen: Composer,  

Jun 03 Barbara graham: American murderer (b. 1923)  

Jun 06 Max meldrum: Scottish-born australian painter (b. 1875)  

Jun 11 Jacques lemaigre-dubreuil: French industrialist, murdered  

Jun 16 Ozias leduc: Quebec painter (b. 1864)  

Jun 18 Walter rein: Composer,  

Jun 22 Sadashiv garpatrao shinde: Cricketer (7 tests for india),  

Jun 29 Max pechstein: German painter/graphic artist (oceania),  

Jul 02 Edward lawson: Scottish recipient of the victoria cross (b. 1873)  

Jul 06 Paolo gallico: Composer,  

Jul 07 Franco casavola: Composer,  

Jul 09 Don beauman: British racing driver (b. 1928)  

Jul 10 Henry w methorst: Dutch director (central bureau of statistic),  

Jul 13 Beulah ecton woodard: Us sculptor,  

Jul 16 Jean de merode: [marie-louise courtenay], belgian princess,  

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Jan 02 Tex brashear: American voice actor  

Jan 03 Cynthia sykes: Coffeyville ky, actress (flamingo road, st elsewhere)  

Jan 03 Palmolive: English musician (the slits, the raincoats)  

Jan 04 Kathy forester: Lookout mt ga, country singer (forester sister-men)  

Jan 04 Mark hollis: English pop musician (talk talk, dum dum girl)  

Jan 07 Sandra bernhard: Arizona (follow that bird, king of comedy)  

Jan 08 Mike reno: Vancouver bc canada, rock vocalist (loverboy)  

Jan 08 Spiros livathinos: Greek footballer