Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

Jul 17 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1955.  

Jul 19 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 22 On this day in history joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45  

Jul 23 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jul 25 On this day in history ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62  

Aug 02 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 05 In the year 1955 carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42  

Aug 09 Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1955.  

Aug 12 In the year 1955 thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80  

Aug 14 Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 in the year 1955.  

Aug 23 In the year 1955 death of reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896)  

Aug 27 On this day in history joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies  

Aug 28 In the year 1955 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi  

Sep 01 Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 in the year 1955.  

Sep 02 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Sep 08 In the year 1955 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69  

Sep 10 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Sep 12 On this day in history gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86  

Sep 14 In the year 1955 f C Weiskopf, writer, dies  

Sep 16 Leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Sep 19 In the year 1955 death of john D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)  

Sep 27 In the year 1955 henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71  

Sep 28 Arthur Donaldson, dies in the year 1955.  

Sep 30 In the year 1955 james Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24  

Oct 01 On this day in history death of charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)  

Oct 02 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies in the year 1955.  

Oct 04 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1955.  

Oct 09 Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 in the year 1955.  

Oct 13 Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897) died in the year 1955.  

Oct 15 In the year 1955 fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41  

Oct 18 On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72  

Oct 19 In the year 1955 john Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41  

Oct 20 Eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of tex Brashear, American voice actor  

Jan 03 Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1955 birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)  

Jan 04 Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08 In the year 1955 birth of mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)  

Jan 08 Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer was born in the year 1955.