Page 4: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

Oct 21 On this day in history roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies  

Oct 26 In the year 1955 arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 27 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 in the year 1955.  

Nov 01 W H van Eemlandt, [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 04 On this day in history death of cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)  

Nov 05 On this day in history death of maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)  

Nov 06 In the year 1955 charley Toorop, [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop], Dutch painter, dies at 64  

Nov 09 In the year 1955 tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65  

Nov 11 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87 in the year 1955.  

Nov 12 In the year 1955 death of alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)  

Nov 14 In the year 1955 robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59  

Nov 15 Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Nov 16 On this day in history tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88  

Nov 17 In the year 1955 james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64  

Nov 22 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1955.  

Nov 27 Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Nov 30 Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1955.  

Dec 03 Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894) died on this day in history.  

Dec 05 In the year 1955 paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73  

Dec 06 Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874) died on this day in history.  

Dec 08 On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69  

Dec 09 Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (b. 1885) died in the year 1955.  

Dec 11 In the year 1955 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51  

Dec 13 Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) died in the year 1955.  

Dec 21 On this day in history dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65  

Dec 22 Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies in the year 1955.  

Dec 24 Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67 in the year 1955.  

Dec 27 On this day in history death of alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (b. 1881)  

Dec 30 Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913) died on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born in the year 1955.  

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

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

Jan 08 In the year 1955 birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer