Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1959

Mar 17 Raffaele d' alessandro: Composer,  

Mar 25 Billy mayerl: Composer,  

Mar 26 Raymond t chandler: Us detective writer (long goodbye),  

Mar 27 Grant withers: Actor (okla annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54  

Mar 28 James neblett: Cricketer (one test wi v england 1935),  

Mar 29 Barthelemy boganda: Central african republic's 1st president,  

Mar 30 Daniil andreev: Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)  

Mar 31 Peter suhrkamp: German publisher (suhrkamp verlag),  

Apr 02 Benjamin christensen: Danish actor (barnet, mockery),  

Apr 04 Stanley snooke: Cricketer (bro of s j, duck in s african test),  

Apr 08 Gustave charlier: Belgian literature historian,  

Apr 09 Frank lloyd wright: Us architect (guggenheim museum ny),  

Apr 12 Ernest willem mulder: Composer,  

Apr 13 Eduard a van beinum: Dutch musician/conductor,  

Apr 16 Charles halton:  

Apr 18 Irving cummings sr: Actor/director (in old ariz),  

Apr 24 Jef van hoof: Composer,  

Apr 27 Gordon armstrong: Inventor (baby incubator),  

Apr 30 Armand louis joseph marsick: Composer,  

May 01 Oscar torp: Norwegian premier,  

May 05 Carlos saavedra lamas: Argentine politician, recipient of the nobel peace prize (b. 1878)  

May 08 Renato caccioppoli: Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55  

May 14 Sidney bechet: Us jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader,  

May 15 Berend van den amstel: [bernard ced hattink], dutch actor,  

May 16 Joe cook: Stage comedian,  

May 20 Alfred schutz: Austrian/us architect/philosopher,  

May 24 John foster dulles: Us secretary of state (1953-59),  

May 26 Ed walsh: Baseball pitcher (1.82 era),  

May 28 Bert collins: Cricketer (19 tests for aust 1920-26),  

May 30 Thomas carl whitmer: Composer,  

Jun 01 Sax rohmer: English author (b. 1883)  

Jun 03 Ole windingstad: Composer,  

Jun 04 Charles vidor: Director (gilda, farewell to arms),  

Jun 10 Zoltán meskó: Hungarian nazi (b. 1883)  

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Jan 02 Kirti azad: Cricketer (indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 tests 1981-83)  

Jan 03 Rusty golden: Rocker (boys band)  

Jan 04 Vanity: [denise marquardt], ontario canada, actress (52 pick up)  

Jan 04 Yoshitomo nara: Japanese pop artist  

Jan 05 Kapil dev: India's cricket player  

Jan 07 Kathy valentine: Rocker (go-go's-we got the beat)  

Jan 08 Michael harwood: Sydney nsw, australasia golfer  

Jan 08 Paul hester: Australian drummer