In the year 1957
440 Notable deaths
Roy Worters
Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1957).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Toronto.
Died November 7th, 1957 at 57 years old in Toronto (cancer).
George Bacovia
Romanian writer and poet.
Born September 17th, 1881 in Bacău.
Died May 22nd, 1957 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Billy Bevan
Australian american film actor (1887–1957).
Born September 29th, 1887 in Orange.
Died November 26th, 1957 at 70 years old in Escondido.
Edith Abbott
American economist (1876-1957).
Born September 26th, 1876 in Grand Island.
Died July 28th, 1957 at 80 years old in Grand Island (pneumonia).
Antonín Zápotocký
Czech politician (1884–1957).
Born December 19th, 1884 in Zákolany.
Died November 13th, 1957 at 72 years old in Prague.
Freeman Wills Crofts
Irish mystery author.
Born July 1st, 1879 in Dublin. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1957 at 77 years old in Worthing. [ref]
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Pioneering french aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist (1881–1957).
Born November 8th, 1881 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 7th, 1957 at 76 years old in Paris.
Fritz Katzmann
German general (1906-1957).
Born May 6th, 1906 in Langendreer.
Died September 19th, 1957 at 51 years old in Darmstadt.
Jerome Frank
American jurist (1889–1957).
Born September 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died January 13th, 1957 at 67 years old in New Haven.
Norm Ferguson
American animator.
Born September 2nd, 1902 in New York City, Manhattan.
Died November 4th, 1957 at 55 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 171 to 180 of 440
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