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In the year 1955
321 Notable deaths
Alexandrina of Balazar
Portuguese catholic mystique.
Born March 30th, 1904 in Balasar.
Died October 13th, 1955 at 51 years old in Balasar.
Harry Cobby
Air force fighter ace and senior officer.
Born August 26th, 1894 in Prahran.
Died November 11th, 1955 at 61 years old in Heidelberg.
Joseph McCabe
British writer.
Born November 12th, 1867 in Macclesfield.
Died January 10th, 1955 at 87 years old
Archduke Albrecht Franz, Hereditary Duke of Teschen
Austrian archduke (1897-1955).
Born July 24th, 1897 in Vienna.
Died July 23rd, 1955 at 57 years old in Buenos Aires.
Horace McCoy
American writer.
Born April 14th, 1897 in Pegram. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1955 at 58 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Reiner Stahel
German soldier.
Born January 15th, 1892 in Bielefeld.
Died November 30th, 1955 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Isaak Dunayevsky
Soviet composer.
Born January 30th, 1900 in Lokhvytsia. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1955 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jirō Minami
Japanese politician (1874-1955).
Born August 10th, 1874 in Hiji.
Died December 5th, 1955 at 81 years old in Tokyo.
Tin Ujević
Croatian poet (1891-1955).
Born July 5th, 1891 in Vrgorac. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1955 at 64 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Louis Lachenal
French mountain climber.
Born July 17th, 1921 in Annecy. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1955 at 34 years old in Vallée Blanche. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 321
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel