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In the year 1957
394 Notable deaths
Tomitarô Makino
Japanese botanist (1862-1957).
Born April 24th, 1862 in Sakawa.
Died January 18th, 1957 at 94 years old in Tokyo.
Lőrinc Szabó
Hungarian poet.
Born March 31st, 1900 in Miskolc. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1957 at 57 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Oldřich Duras
Czech chess player.
Born October 30th, 1882 in Pchery.
Died January 5th, 1957 at 74 years old in Prague.
Maurice E. McLoughlin
Us tennis player.
Born November 18th, 1890 in Carson City.
Died December 10th, 1957 at 67 years old in Hermosa Beach.
Grigore Preoteasa
Romanian politician, 1955-1957 minister for foreign affairs.
Born August 25th, 1915 in Bucharest.
Died November 4th, 1957 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Zenón Noriega
President of peru (1900-1957).
Born July 12th, 1900 in Jesús District.
Died May 7th, 1957 at 56 years old in Lima.
Viktor von Weizsäcker
German physiologist.
Born April 21st, 1886 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1957 at 70 years old in Heidelberg.
Tokutomi Sohō
Japanese writer.
Born March 14th, 1863 in Minamata, Kamimashiki district.
Died November 2nd, 1957 at 94 years old in Atami.
Otto Suhr
Mayor of berlin (1894-1957).
Born August 17th, 1894 in Oldenburg.
Died August 30th, 1957 at 63 years old in Berlin, West Berlin (leukemia).
Mikhail Gnesin
Russian jewish composer and teacher.
Born February 2nd, 1883 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died May 5th, 1957 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 394
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin