In the year 1958
453 Notable deaths
Pat O'Connor
Racecar driver (1928-1958).
Born October 9th, 1928 in North Vernon.
Died May 30th, 1958 at 29 years old in Indianapolis.
Walter Crickmer
English football manager (1899–1958).
Born December 17th, 1899 in Wigan. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1958 at 58 years old in Munich.
Richard Goldschmidt
German-american biologist (1878-1958).
Born April 12th, 1878 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 24th, 1958 at 80 years old in Berkeley.
Matthew M. Neely
American politician (1874–1958).
Born November 9th, 1874 in Doddridge County.
Died January 18th, 1958 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Rudolf Roessler
German spy for the soviet union (1897–1958).
Born November 22nd, 1897 in Kaufbeuren.
Died December 11th, 1958 at 61 years old in Kriens.
Virginia Pearson
American stage and film actress (1886-1958).
Born March 7th, 1886 in Anchorage.
Died June 6th, 1958 at 72 years old in Hollywood (kidney failure).
Lionel Giles
British sinologist, writer and philosopher (1875–1958).
Born December 29th, 1875 in Sutton.
Died January 22nd, 1958 at 82 years old
Henri Farman
French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer (1874-1958).
Born May 26th, 1874 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1958 at 84 years old in Paris. [ref]
Evgeny Shvarts
Russian writer (1896-1958).
Born October 21st, 1896 in Kazan.
Died January 15th, 1958 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction).
Kurt Neumann
American film director.
Born April 5th, 1908 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1958 at 50 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 453
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman