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In the year 1957
440 Notable deaths
Joseph Canteloube
French composer and musicologist (1879-1957).
Born October 21st, 1879 in Annonay. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1957 at 78 years old in Grigny.
Helen Haye
Actress.
Born August 28th, 1874 in Assam Province.
Died September 1st, 1957 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
American german-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst.
Born October 23rd, 1889 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 28th, 1957 at 67 years old in Rockville (myocardial infarction).
Heinrich Otto Wieland
German nobel laureate in chemistry (1877-1957).
Born June 4th, 1877 in Pforzheim. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1957 at 80 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Umberto Saba
Italian poet and novelist (1883-1957).
Born March 9th, 1883 in Trieste. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1957 at 74 years old in Gorizia. [ref]
Maurice Audin
French mathematician and political activist (1932–1957).
Born February 14th, 1932 in Béja.
Died June 21st, 1957 at 25 years old in Algiers.
Sheila Terry
American actress (1910–1957).
Born March 5th, 1910 in Warroad.
Died January 19th, 1957 at 46 years old in New York City.
Gaetano Salvemini
Italian politician (1873-1957).
Born September 8th, 1873 in Molfetta. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1957 at 83 years old in Sorrento. [ref]
Helena Normanton
British barrister, editor (1882–1957).
Born December 14th, 1882 in Forest Gate South. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1957 at 74 years old in Sydenham. [ref]
Russell Hicks
American actor (1895-1957).
Born June 4th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died June 3rd, 1957 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 181 to 190 of 440
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris