Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

Jul 17 On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73  

Jul 19 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 in the year 1955.  

Jul 22 In the year 1955 joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45  

Jul 23 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 in the year 1955.  

Jul 25 In the year 1955 ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62  

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 On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80  

Aug 14 In the year 1955 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 In the year 1955 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies  

Aug 28 Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi died on this day in history.  

Sep 01 Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Sep 10 In the year 1955 robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 27 In the year 1955 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 In the year 1955 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 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 09 In the year 1955 alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65  

Oct 13 In the year 1955 death of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)  

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

Oct 18 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 in the year 1955.  

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 Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 03 Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)  

Jan 04 Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl)  

Jan 07 In the year 1955 birth of sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)  

Jan 08 Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer