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In the year 1958
434 Notable deaths
Ronald Colman
British actor (1891-1958).
Born February 9th, 1891 in Richmond. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1958 at 67 years old in Santa Barbara (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
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).
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).
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]
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).
Abul Kalam Azad
Indian politician and writer (1888–1958).
Born November 11th, 1888 in Mecca.
Died February 22nd, 1958 at 69 years old in Delhi.
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician (1873–1958).
Born November 16th, 1873 in Florence.
Died March 29th, 1958 at 84 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Harry Cohn
American film studio executive (1891-1958).
Born July 23rd, 1891 in New York City.
Died February 27th, 1958 at 66 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction).
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]
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