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In the year 1957
394 Notable deaths
Max Amann
German nazi official and publisher (1891-1957).
Born November 24th, 1891 in Munich.
Died March 31st, 1957 at 65 years old in Munich.
Ezio Pinza
Italian opera singer (1892-1957).
Born May 18th, 1892 in Rome. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1957 at 64 years old in Stamford (stroke). [ref]
Josef Hofmann
Polish musician (1876-1957).
Born January 20th, 1876 in Kraków. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1957 at 81 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Zhou Xuan
Chinese actress and singer (1920-1957).
Born August 1st, 1920 in Changzhou.
Died September 22nd, 1957 at 37 years old in Shanghai.
Jack Buchanan
Scottish actor, singer, director and producer (1891-1957).
Born April 2nd, 1891 in Helensburgh. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1957 at 66 years old in London (spinal cord neoplasm). [ref]
Henry Van de Velde
Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (1863-1957).
Born April 3rd, 1863 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1957 at 94 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Bhai Vir Singh
Indian poet, scholar and theologian.
Born December 5th, 1872 in Amritsar.
Died June 10th, 1957 at 84 years old in Amritsar.
Hermann Buhl
Austrian mountaineer (1924-1957).
Born September 21st, 1924 in Innsbruck. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1957 at 32 years old in Chogolisa. [ref]
Johannes Stark
German physicist (1874-1957).
Born April 15th, 1874 in Freihung.
Died June 21st, 1957 at 83 years old in Traunstein.
Sholem Asch
Polish-jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the yiddish language (1880-1957).
Born November 1st, 1880 in Kutno. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1957 at 76 years old in London.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 394
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir