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In the year 1958
459 Notable deaths
Robert Taylor Jones
American politician (1884-1958).
Born February 8th, 1884 in Rutledge.
Died June 11th, 1958 at 74 years old in Phoenix.
Bertil Malmberg
Swedish actor and poet.
Born August 13th, 1889 in Härnösands domkyrkoförsamling. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1958 at 68 years old in Lidingö församling. [ref]
Hitoshi Yamakawa
Japanese socialist intellectual (1880-1958).
Born December 20th, 1880 in Kurashiki.
Died March 23rd, 1958 at 77 years old (pancreatic cancer).
Max Graf
Austrian writer, musicologist and composer (1873–1958).
Born October 1st, 1873 in Vienna.
Died June 24th, 1958 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Olaf Gulbransson
Norwegian artist (1873-1958).
Born May 26th, 1873 in Christiania. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1958 at 85 years old in Tegernsee. [ref]
Walter Friedrich Otto
German classical philologist (1874-1958).
Born June 22nd, 1874 in Hechingen. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1958 at 84 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Friedrich Adolf Paneth
Austrian-born british chemist.
Born August 31st, 1887 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1958 at 71 years old in Mainz. [ref]
Josep Irla i Bosch
President of catalonia (1874-1958).
Born October 24th, 1876 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1958 at 81 years old in Saint-Raphaël.
Alexander Meissner
Austrian engineer and physicist (1883–1958).
Born September 14th, 1883 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1958 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Edward Peil
American film actor (1883-1958).
Born January 18th, 1883 in Racine.
Died December 29th, 1958 at 75 years old in Hollywood.
Lloyd Hughes
American actor (1897-1958).
Born October 21st, 1897 in Bisbee.
Died June 6th, 1958 at 60 years old in San Gabriel.
Gayne Whitman
Actor (1890-1958).
Born March 19th, 1890 in Chicago.
Died August 31st, 1958 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Reece
Racecar driver.
Born November 17th, 1929 in Oklahoma City.
Died September 28th, 1958 at 28 years old in Trenton.
Knut Lundmark
Swedish astronomer.
Died April 23rd, 1958 at 68 years old in Lunds Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Myriam Harry
Pen name of maria rosette shapira (april 1869 (some sources say 1875) – march 10, 1958), a french journalist and writer.
Born February 21st, 1869 in Jerusalem.
Died March 10th, 1958 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Erwin Kalser
German actor and journalist (1883-1958).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in Berlin.
Died March 26th, 1958 at 75 years old in Berlin.
Petr Bezruč
Czech poet and short story writer (1867–1958).
Born September 15th, 1867 in Opava. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1958 at 90 years old in Olomouc. [ref]
José María Caro Rodríguez
First chilean cardinal of the catholic church.
Born June 23rd, 1866 in Los Valles.
Died December 4th, 1958 at 92 years old in Santiago.
Ivan Krasko
Czechoslovak politician, poet and chemist (1876-1958).
Born July 12th, 1876 in Lukovištia. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1958 at 81 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Richard Kauffmann
Architect and town planner.
Born June 20th, 1887 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1958 at 70 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Reinhold Schneider
German poet.
Born May 13th, 1903 in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1958 at 54 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Hans Grundig
German artist (1901-1958).
Born February 19th, 1901 in Dresden.
Died September 11th, 1958 at 57 years old in Dresden.
John Pius Boland
Irish politician (1870-1958).
Born September 16th, 1870 in Dublin.
Died March 17th, 1958 at 87 years old in Westminster.
Robert Grimm
Swiss politician (1881-1958).
Born April 16th, 1881 in Wald.
Died March 8th, 1958 at 76 years old in Bern.
Erwin Bauer
German formula one driver (1912-1958).
Born July 17th, 1912 in Stuttgart.
Died June 3rd, 1958 at 45 years old in Cologne.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 459
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou