In the year 1958
503 Notable deaths
Ludwig Crüwell
German general (1892–1958).
Born March 20th, 1892 in Dortmund.
Died September 25th, 1958 at 66 years old in Essen.
Grigory Petrovsky
Soviet politician (1878–1958).
Born February 4th, 1878 in Pechenihy. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Robert Redfield
American anthropologist (1897–1958).
Born December 4th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 1958 at 60 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Rose Macaulay
English novelist and writer (1881–1958).
Born August 1st, 1881 in Rugby.
Died October 30th, 1958 at 77 years old in Greater London.
John J. Parker
American judge (1885–1958).
Born November 20th, 1885 in Monroe.
Died March 17th, 1958 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
Bill Goodwin
American actor (1910-1958).
Born July 28th, 1910 in San Francisco.
Died May 9th, 1958 at 47 years old in Palm Springs (myocardial infarction).
Samuel Hopkins Adams
American investigative journalist (1871-1958).
Born January 26th, 1871 in Dunkirk.
Died November 16th, 1958 at 87 years old in Beaufort. [ref]
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
Bavarian prince (1884–1958).
Born May 10th, 1884 in Madrid.
Died April 5th, 1958 at 73 years old in Madrid.
José Miaja
Spanish general (1878-1958).
Born April 20th, 1878 in Oviedo.
Died January 13th, 1958 at 79 years old in Mexico City.
Ismail Marzuki
Indonesian composer of patriotic songs (1914–1958).
Born May 11th, 1914 in Jakarta.
Died May 25th, 1958 at 44 years old in Jakarta.
Tarak Nath Das
Indian revolutionary (1884–1958).
Born June 15th, 1884 in Majhi Para.
Died December 22nd, 1958 at 74 years old in New York City.
Anton Reinthaller
Austrian member of the nazi party (1895–1958).
Born April 14th, 1895 in Mettmach. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1958 at 62 years old in Mettmach. [ref]
Wilhelm Zaisser
German politician (1893-1958).
Born June 20th, 1893 in Rotthausen.
Died March 3rd, 1958 at 64 years old in East Berlin.
Mikhail Zoshchenko
Soviet writer (1894–1958).
Born August 9th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg, Poltava.
Died July 22nd, 1958 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Abd al-Ilah
Regent and crown prince of iraq (1913–1958).
Born November 14th, 1913 in Ta'if.
Died July 14th, 1958 at 44 years old in Al Rehab Palace (mass shooting).
Thurston Hall
Actor (1882-1958).
Born May 10th, 1882 in Boston.
Died February 20th, 1958 at 75 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Pierre-Étienne Flandin
French prime minister (1889-1958).
Born April 12th, 1889 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 13th, 1958 at 69 years old in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Roger Martin du Gard
French writer (1881–1958).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died August 22nd, 1958 at 77 years old in Château du Tertre.
Jane Wolfe
American silent film character actress and thelemite (1875-1958).
Born March 21st, 1875 in St. Petersburg.
Died March 29th, 1958 at 83 years old in Glendale.
George Jean Nathan
American drama critic and magazine editor (1882–1958).
Born February 14th, 1882 in Fort Wayne.
Died April 8th, 1958 at 76 years old in New York City.
Slobodan Jovanović
Serbian jurist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and literary critic.
Born December 3rd, 1869 in Novi Sad.
Died December 12th, 1958 at 89 years old in London.
Varvara Stepanova
Russian artist (1894-1958).
Born November 5th, 1894 in Kaunas. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1958 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein
Austrian philanthropist (1882-1958).
Born September 19th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died September 27th, 1958 at 76 years old in Vienna.
Vittorio Ambrosio
Italian army officer (1879-1958).
Born July 28th, 1879 in Turin.
Died November 19th, 1958 at 79 years old in Alassio.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American author and social activist (1879–1958).
Born February 17th, 1879 in Lawrence.
Died November 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Arlington.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 503
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner