In the year 1955
339 Notable deaths
Rodolfo Graziani
Italian general (1882-1955).
Born August 11th, 1882 in Filettino. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1955 at 72 years old in Rome. [ref]
Margaret Abbott
Amateur golfer.
Born June 15th, 1878 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1955 at 76 years old in Greenwich. [ref]
Alberto Ascari
Italian racing driver.
Born July 13th, 1918 in Milan. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1955 at 36 years old in Monza (traffic collision). [ref]
Fernand Léger
French painter (1881-1955).
Born February 4th, 1881 in Argentan. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1955 at 74 years old in Gif-sur-Yvette. [ref]
George Enescu
Romanian composer.
Born August 19th, 1881 in Liveni. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1955 at 73 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Katharine Drexel
American catholic sister and saint.
Born November 26th, 1858 in Philadelphia.
Died March 3rd, 1955 at 96 years old in Cornwells Heights-Eddington.
António Egas Moniz
Portuguese politian and neurosurgeon (1874-1955).
Born November 29th, 1874 in Avanca.
Died December 13th, 1955 at 81 years old in Lisbon.
James Agee
American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955).
Born November 27th, 1909 in Knoxville.
Died May 16th, 1955 at 45 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Calouste Gulbenkian
Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
Born March 23rd, 1869 in Üsküdar. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1955 at 86 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Hermann Weyl
German mathematician (1885–1955).
Born November 9th, 1885 in Elmshorn.
Died December 9th, 1955 at 70 years old in Zurich.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 339
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney