Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1959

Mar 17 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday on this day in history.  

Mar 25 Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1959.  

Mar 26 On this day in history raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71  

Mar 27 In the year 1959 death of grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54  

Mar 28 James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 29 On this day in history barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies  

Mar 30 On this day in history death of daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)  

Mar 31 In the year 1959 peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68  

Apr 02 In the year 1959 benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79  

Apr 04 In the year 1959 stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies  

Apr 08 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies in the year 1959.  

Apr 09 In the year 1959 frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89  

Apr 12 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1959.  

Apr 13 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 In the year 1959 charles Halton, dies at 83  

Apr 18 On this day in history irving Cummings Sr, actor/director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70  

Apr 24 On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 27 In the year 1959 gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies  

Apr 30 In the year 1959 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81  

May 01 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies in the year 1959.  

May 05 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878) died in the year 1959.  

May 08 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 died in the year 1959.  

May 14 Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

May 15 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

May 16 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

May 20 On this day in history alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60  

May 24 On this day in history john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71  

May 26 In the year 1959 ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78  

May 28 Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies in the year 1959.  

May 30 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1959.  

Jun 01 Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883) died in the year 1959.  

Jun 03 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jun 04 On this day in history charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58  

Jun 10 On this day in history death of 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) was born in the year 1959.  

Jan 03 In the year 1959 birth of rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band)  

Jan 04 In the year 1959 birth of vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist  

Jan 05 In the year 1959 birth of kapil Dev, India's cricket player  

Jan 07 Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer  

Jan 08 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born in the year 1959.