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In the year 1956
381 Notable deaths
Louis Rosier
French racing driver.
Born November 5th, 1905 in Chapdes-Beaufort.
Died October 29th, 1956 at 50 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Mikhail Tereshchenko
Russian politician.
Born March 30th, 1886 in Kyiv.
Died April 1st, 1956 at 70 years old in Monte Carlo.
Adélard Godbout
Canadian politician (1892-1956).
Born September 24th, 1892 in Saint-Éloi.
Died September 18th, 1956 at 63 years old in Montreal.
Kathleen Howard
Opera singer, actress, magazine editor.
Born July 17th, 1884 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Died August 15th, 1956 at 72 years old in Los Angeles, Hollywood.
Ernst Robert Curtius
German philologist and literary scholar.
Born April 14th, 1886 in Thann. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1956 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Tom Whittaker
English footballer and manager (1898-1956).
Born July 21st, 1898 in Aldershot.
Died October 24th, 1956 at 58 years old in London.
Lorenzo Perosi
Italian composer.
Born December 21st, 1872 in Tortona. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1956 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Witold Hurewicz
Polish mathematician.
Born June 29th, 1904 in Łódź. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1956 at 52 years old in Mérida (fall from building). [ref]
Jaroslav Krejčí
Czechoslovak lawyer and politician (1892-1956).
Born June 27th, 1892 in Křemenec. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1956 at 63 years old in Leopoldov. [ref]
Hermann Abendroth
German conductor (1883-1956).
Born January 19th, 1883 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1956 at 73 years old in Jena (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 381
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde