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In the year 1958
388 Notable deaths
Christabel Pankhurst
Suffragette, co-founder of the women's social and political union, editor (1880-1958).
Born September 22nd, 1880 in Manchester. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1958 at 77 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958).
Born August 8th, 1901 in Canton.
Died August 27th, 1958 at 57 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Charles F. Kettering
American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents.
Born August 29th, 1876 in Loudonville.
Died November 25th, 1958 at 82 years old in Dayton. [ref]
'Abd al-Ilah
Regent and crown prince of iraq (1913–1958).
Born November 14th, 1913 in Ta'if.
Died July 14th, 1958 at 44 years old in Baghdad (firearm, ballistic trauma).
Maurice Gamelin
French military commander in world war i and world war ii (1872-1958).
Born October 20th, 1872 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1958 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
H. B. Warner
English film and theatre actor.
Born October 26th, 1876 in London. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1958 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Michael Curley
American politician (1874–1958).
Born November 20th, 1874 in Boston.
Died November 12th, 1958 at 83 years old in Boston.
André Bazin
French film critic and theorist.
Born April 8th, 1918 in Angers. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1958 at 40 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (leukemia). [ref]
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spanish poet.
Born December 23rd, 1881 in Moguer. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1958 at 76 years old in San Juan. [ref]
Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland
Danish and swedish royal.
Born August 2nd, 1878 in Charlottenlund Palace. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1958 at 79 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami