Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Jul 17 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
Jul 19 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 on this day in history.
Jul 22 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 in the year 1955.
Jul 23 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 in the year 1955.
Jul 25 Ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1955.
Aug 02 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1955.
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 Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Aug 14 On this day in history fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66
Aug 23 In the year 1955 death of reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896)
Aug 27 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies in the year 1955.
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 on this day in history.
Sep 02 In the year 1955 rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60
Sep 07 On this day in history earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81
Sep 08 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Sep 10 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 in the year 1955.
Sep 12 In the year 1955 gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86
Sep 14 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies in the year 1955.
Sep 16 In the year 1955 leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81
Sep 19 John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894) died in the year 1955.
Sep 27 On this day in history henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
Sep 28 On this day in history arthur Donaldson, dies
Sep 30 On this day in history 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 In the year 1955 o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies
Oct 04 In the year 1955 alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies
Oct 09 On this day in history alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65
Oct 13 On this day in history death of manuel Ãvila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
Oct 15 On this day in history fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41
Oct 18 On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72
Oct 19 On this day in history john Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41
Oct 20 On this day in history eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51
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