In the year 1958
388 Notable deaths
Grigory Petrovsky
Soviet politician.
Born February 4th, 1878 in Pechenihy.
Died January 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Breckinridge Long
American diplomat (1881-1958).
Born May 16th, 1881 in St. Louis.
Died September 26th, 1958 at 77 years old in Laurel.
Thurston Hall
Actor (1882-1958).
Born May 10th, 1882 in Boston.
Died February 20th, 1958 at 75 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
Bavarian prince.
Born May 10th, 1884 in Madrid.
Died April 5th, 1958 at 73 years old in Madrid.
Wilhelm Zaisser
German politician (1893-1958).
Born June 20th, 1893 in Rotthausen.
Died March 3rd, 1958 at 64 years old in East Berlin.
Florian Znaniecki
Polish sociologist.
Born January 15th, 1882 in Świątniki, Włocławek County. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1958 at 76 years old in Urbana (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Slobodan Jovanović
Serbian jurist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and literary critic (1869-1958).
Born December 3rd, 1869 in Novi Sad. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1958 at 89 years old in London. [ref]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American author and social activist.
Born February 17th, 1879 in Lawrence. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Arlington. [ref]
Priscilla Lawson
Actress (1914-1958).
Born March 8th, 1914 in Indianapolis.
Died August 27th, 1958 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (ulcer).
Kurt Alder
German chemist.
Born July 10th, 1902 in Chorzów. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1958 at 55 years old in Cologne. [ref]
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau