In the year 1955
339 Notable deaths
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]
Malcolm Chace
Us tennis player.
Born March 12th, 1875 in Valley Falls.
Died July 16th, 1955 at 80 years old in Yarmouth.
Samuel Henry Kress
Businessman and philanthropist, founder of the s. h. kress & co. five and ten cent store chain (1863–1955).
Born July 23rd, 1863 in Cherryville. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1955 at 92 years old in New York City. [ref]
Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich
Russian researcher (1873-1955).
Born July 10th, 1873 in Moscow.
Died July 14th, 1955 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince.
Born July 15th, 1887 in Pavlovsk. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1955 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Josephine Diebitsch Peary
American explorer.
Born May 22nd, 1863 in Maryland.
Died December 19th, 1955 at 92 years old in Portland.
Ronald Storrs
British colonial official (1881–1955).
Born November 19th, 1881 in Zambia, Bury St Edmunds.
Died November 1st, 1955 at 73 years old in London.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 339
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