In the year 1956
427 Notable deaths
Fanny Durack
Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.
Born October 27th, 1889 in Sydney.
Died March 20th, 1956 at 66 years old in Sydney.
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Catalan architect (1867-1957).
Born October 17th, 1867 in Mataró.
Died December 23rd, 1956 at 89 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Erich Kleiber
Austrian conductor.
Born August 5th, 1890 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1956 at 65 years old in Zürich. [ref]
André Marty
French politician (1886-1956).
Born November 6th, 1886 in Perpignan.
Died November 23rd, 1956 at 70 years old in Toulouse (lung cancer).
Charles Dingle
American actor (1887-1956).
Born December 28th, 1887 in Wabash.
Died January 19th, 1956 at 68 years old in Worcester (myocardial infarction).
Mirjafar Baghirov
Azerbaijani soviet politician (1895-1956).
Born September 17th, 1895 in Guba.
Died May 26th, 1956 at 60 years old in Baku (gunshot wound).
Vladimir Petrovich Filatov
Russian ophthalmologist (1875-1956).
Born February 27th, 1875 in Mikhaylovka.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 81 years old in Odesa (cerebral hemorrhage).
Alexander Gretchaninov
Russian romantic composer (1864–1956).
Born October 25th, 1864 in Moscow.
Died January 4th, 1956 at 91 years old in New York City.
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Turkish writer (1889–1956).
Born November 25th, 1889 in Istanbul.
Died December 7th, 1956 at 67 years old in London (lung cancer). [ref]
Vera Lewis
American actress.
Born June 10th, 1873 in Manhattan.
Died February 8th, 1956 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Deaths 141 to 150 of 427
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs