Dead at age 59
1,000 Notable deaths
Heinrich Gelzer
Classical philologist and historian (1847-1906).
Born July 1st, 1847 in Berlin.
Died July 11th, 1906 at 59 years old in Jena.
André Maschinot
French footballer (1903-1963).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Valdoie. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1963 at 59 years old in Colmar. [ref]
Illés Spitz
Hungarian association football coach and association football player (1902-1961).
Born February 2nd, 1902 in Budapest.
Died October 1st, 1961 at 59 years old in Skopje.
Georg Wenker
German linguist, dialectologist, university librarian and academic teacher (1852-1911).
Born February 25th, 1852 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 17th, 1911 at 59 years old in Marburg.
Sergey Vavilov
Soviet physicist.
Born March 24th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died January 25th, 1951 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Martin Wegelius
Finnish composer (1846–1906).
Born November 10th, 1846 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1906 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
Giuseppe Amisani
Italian painter (1881-1941).
Born December 7th, 1881 in Mede.
Died September 8th, 1941 at 59 years old in Portofino.
Ralph Bishop
Basketball player (1915–1974).
Born October 1st, 1915 in Brooklyn.
Died October 1st, 1974 at 59 years old in Santa Clara.
Eugène Devéria
French painter (1805–1865).
Born April 22nd, 1805 in Paris.
Died February 3rd, 1865 at 59 years old in Pau.
Hans Brenner
Austrian actor (1938-1998).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Innsbruck.
Died September 4th, 1998 at 59 years old in Munich.
Deaths 691 to 700 of 1000
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn