Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1959

Jun 16 George reeves: Actor (superman, gone with the wind), shoots self at 45  

Jun 17 Abdul mouse: Indonesian nationalist foreman/author,  

Jun 18 Ethel barrymore: [blythe], actress (none but the lonely),  

Jun 20 Hitoshi ashida: Japanese politician,  

Jun 22 Hermann brill: German politician (b. 1895)  

Jun 23 Jean gallon: Composer,  

Jun 24 Lou bandy: Dutch revue-artist (life ain't bad), commits suicide at 69  

Jun 25 Charles starkwether: Murderer, executed  

Jun 26 Audley miller: Cricketer (test for england 1896),  

Jun 29 A cecil snyder: Chief justice of puerto rico,  

Jun 30 Lazare saminsky: Composer,  

Jul 06 George grosz: German cartoonist/painter (ecce homo),  

Jul 08 Dale buisand & chester ovnand: 1st americans killed in vietnam war  

Jul 11 C w l parker: Cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever),  

Jul 14 Grock: [adrien wettach], swiss clown/circus director,  

Jul 15 Ernest bloch: Swiss/us composer (macbeth),  

Jul 17 Billie holiday: Jazz singer,  

Jul 20 Harry fox ii:  

Jul 25 Isaac halevi herzog: Chief rabbi of israel (1936-59),  

Jul 26 Manuel altolaguirre: Spanish poet/publisher (amor),  

Aug 02 Prospero bisquertt: Composer,  

Aug 05 Edgar guest: Us poet/newspaperman,  

Aug 06 Preston sturges: [edmund biden], us director/screenwriter,  

Aug 07 Armas emmanuel launis: Composer,  

Aug 09 Emil frantisek burian: Composer,  

Aug 12 Mike o'neill: Irish-born american baseball player (b. 1877)  

Aug 13 Henry garat: Actor (congress dances),  

Aug 15 Blind willie mctell: American singer (b. 1901)  

Aug 16 Pedro humberto allende saron: Chilean composer (tonados),  

Aug 19 Jacob epstein: Us/english sculptor/painter,  

Aug 20 Alfred kubin: Writer,  

Aug 28 Bohuslav jan martinu: Czech composer (hry o marti),  

Aug 31 Charles delaney:  

Sep 06 Edmund gwenn: Actor (them, java head, miracle on 34th st),  

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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