Famous Deaths Happened In 1959
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Jan 06 Jose enrique pedreira: Composer, 


Jan 09 Paul malengreau: Composer, 


Jan 11 Mohammed zakaria ghonein: Discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, 


Jan 17 Abdul aziz: Cricket, 


Jan 20 Carl switzer: Actor (alfalfa-our gang), shot to death at 31 


Jan 21 Cecil b[lount] de mille: Producer (10 commandments), 


Jan 22 A j else mauhs: German/dutch actress (hamlet, nora), 


Jan 28 Joseph sprinzak: Speaker of israel knesset (1949-59), 


Feb 01 Madame sul-to-wan: [conley], actress (birth of a nation), 


Feb 02 Frank decaires: Cricketer (wi bat v eng 1930, 3 tests 232 runs), 


Feb 03 Big bopper: Rocker, 


Feb 04 Una o'connor: Actress (banjo, invisible man), 


Feb 05 Gwili andre: Actress (no other woman, roar of the dragon), 


Feb 07 Daniel f malan: Premier of south africa (1948-54), 


Feb 08 William j "wild bill" donovan: Office strategic services, 


Feb 11 Marshall teague: American race car driver (b. 1922) 


Feb 13 William l axt: Composer, 


Feb 14 Baby dodds: American jazz drummer (b. 1898) 


Feb 15 Owen w richardson: English physicist (nobel 1928), 


Feb 17 Kathryn adams: Actress (meet the chump, 5th avenue girl), 


Feb 18 Alfred alessandrescu: Composer, 


Feb 20 Ray mcdonald: Dancer, 


Feb 22 Helen parrish: Actress (hour glass), 


Feb 26 Lou costello: Actor (abbott & costello), 


Feb 28 Maxwell anderson: Us dramatist (key largo, bath seed), 


Mar 02 Eric blore: Actor (abie's irish rose, love happy), 


Mar 03 Lou costello: Comedian (abbott & costello), 


Mar 04 Maxey long: American athlete (b. 1878) 


Mar 06 Fred stone: Actor (hideaway, westerner), 


Mar 07 Arthur c pigou: English economist (economics of welfare), 


Mar 08 Abdel wahab shawwaf: Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 


Mar 11 Haydn wood: Composer, 


Mar 15 Lester young: American musician (b. 1909) 


Mar 16 John sailling: Last documented civil war vet, 


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