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In the year 1958

388 Notable deaths

Barbara Bennett

American actress.

Born August 13th, 1906 in Palisades Park.

Died August 8th, 1958 at 51 years old in Montreal.

Rudolf Rocker

Anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist (1873-1958).

Born March 25th, 1873 in Mainz. [ref]

Died September 19th, 1958 at 85 years old in Westchester County.

Lion Feuchtwanger

German writer.

Born July 7th, 1884 in Munich. [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1958 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]

Helen Twelvetrees

Actress from the united states (1908-1958).

Born December 25th, 1908 in Brooklyn.

Died February 13th, 1958 at 49 years old in Middletown (drug overdose).

Alfred Noyes

English poet.

Born September 16th, 1880 in Wolverhampton. [ref]

Died June 28th, 1958 at 77 years old in Ventnor. [ref]

Roger Byrne

English footballer.

Born September 8th, 1929 in Gorton.

Died February 6th, 1958 at 28 years old in Munich (aviation accident).

Mary Roberts Rinehart

American writer.

Born August 12th, 1876 in Pittsburgh.

Died September 22nd, 1958 at 82 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).

Ernest Jones

Welsh psychiatrist & psychoanalyst.

Born January 1st, 1879 in Gowerton. [ref]

Died February 11th, 1958 at 79 years old in London. [ref]

Jesse Louis Lasky

American film producer (1880-1958).

Born September 13th, 1880 in San Francisco.

Died January 13th, 1958 at 77 years old in Beverly Hills.

Brendan Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken

Irish-born british politician and peer (1901-1958).

Born February 15th, 1901 in Templemore.

Died August 8th, 1958 at 57 years old in London (esophageal cancer).

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe