Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1956

Jun 23 Reyngol'd moritsevich glier: Composer,  

Jun 25 Alfred c kinsey: Us zoologist/sexologist,  

Jun 26 Clifford brown: Us jazz trumpeter (joyspring, jordu),  

Jun 29 Johan[nes f] bakker jr: Actor,  

Jul 07 Gottfried benn: Writer,  

Jul 08 Gerrit jan van heuven goedhart: Dutch min of justice (nobel 54),  

Jul 10 Joe giard: American baseball player (b. 1898)  

Jul 12 Maurice lippens: Belgian governor of congo (1921-23),  

Jul 13 Vladimir grigor'yevich zakharov: Composer,  

Jul 14 Jaroslav ridky: Composer,  

Jul 18 Willem j a kerncamp: Dut overseas minister (islam & woman),  

Jul 20 Ken burn: Cricketer (tasmanian rep on 1890 ashes tour, 2 tests),  

Jul 26 Miguel bernal jiminez: Composer,  

Jul 27 J m m commaille: Cricketer (12 tests for s africa 1910-28),  

Jul 28 Ludwig klages: German philosopher/graphologist,  

Jul 29 Ludwig klages: German philosopher (study of graves),  

Aug 02 Albert woolson: Last veteran us union army,  

Aug 11 Jackson pollock: Abstract artist,  

Aug 13 Harry donnan: Cricketer (5 tests for australia 1891-96),  

Aug 14 Bertold brecht: German writer (mother courage),  

Aug 15 Constantine freiherr von neurath: German foreign minister,  

Aug 16 Bela lugosi: Actor (dracula),  

Aug 23 ... kennedy: Daughter of future pres kennedy,  

Aug 24 Kenji mizoguchi: Japanese film director (b. 1898)  

Aug 25 Alfred c kinsey: Us sexologist (kinsey report),  

Aug 26 Alfred wagenknecht: German-born american activist (b. 1881)  

Aug 30 Jose antonio de donostia: Composer,  

Sep 06 Felix borowski: Composer,  

Sep 07 Charles burgess fry: English athlete/cricketer/journalist,  

Sep 08 Gerrit bolkestein: Dutch minister of education (1939-4.),  

Sep 11 Billy bishop: Canadian pilot in world war i (b. 1894)  

Sep 12 Hans carossa: German writer (b. 1878)  

Sep 15 Henry clough-leiter: Composer,  

Sep 17 Mildred e "babe" didrikson zaharias: (olympic-gold-1932),  

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Jan 02 Lynda barry: American cartoonist  

Jan 03 Mel gibson: Peekskill ny, actor (mad max, mrs soffel, lethal weapon)  

Jan 03 Willy t. ribbs: American race car driver  

Jan 04 Ann magnuson: Charleston wv, actress (anything but love, hunger)  

Jan 04 Barney sumner: Rock guitarist/vocalist (new order-blue monday)  

Jan 04 Bernard albrecht: English pop guitarist (joy division)  

Jan 04 Nels cline: American guitarist and composer  

Jan 05 Chen kenichi: Japanese-born chef