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In the year 1958
388 Notable deaths
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist, nobel prize winner (1900-1958).
Born April 25th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died December 15th, 1958 at 58 years old in Zürich (pancreatic cancer).
Harry Warner
Film studio executive.
Born December 12th, 1881 in Krasnosielc.
Died December 27th, 1958 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (cerebrovascular disease).
Robert Donat
British actor (1905-1958).
Born March 18th, 1905 in Withington. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1958 at 53 years old in London (asthma). [ref]
Faisal II of Iraq
King of iraq from 4 april 1939 until july 1958.
Born May 2nd, 1935 in Baghdad.
Died July 14th, 1958 at 23 years old in Baghdad (ballistic trauma).
Ole Kirk Christiansen
Danish businessman (1891-1958).
Born April 7th, 1891 in Sønder Omme.
Died March 11th, 1958 at 66 years old in Billund (myocardial infarction).
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician.
Born November 16th, 1873 in Florence. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1958 at 84 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958).
Born October 15th, 1880 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1958 at 77 years old in Dorking (breast cancer). [ref]
Edward Weston
American photographer (1886-1958).
Born March 24th, 1886 in Highland Park. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1958 at 71 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1900-1958).
Born March 19th, 1900 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1958 at 58 years old in Paris (liver disease). [ref]
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