In the year 1959
420 Notable deaths
Leslie Knighton
English football manager (1887-1959).
Born March 15th, 1887 in Derbyshire.
Died May 10th, 1959 at 72 years old in Bournemouth.
Alexander Vesnin
Soviet russian architect.
Born May 28th, 1883 in Yuryevets. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1959 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Emil František Burian
Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist.
Born June 11th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1959 at 55 years old in Prague (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Ramón Fonst
Cuban fencer.
Born August 31st, 1883 in Havana. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1959 at 76 years old in Havana. [ref]
María Guggiari Echeverría Santos
Paraguayan nun (1925-1959).
Born January 12th, 1925 in Villarrica.
Died April 28th, 1959 at 34 years old in Asunción (hepatitis).
Vitaly Bianki
Russian writer (1894–1959).
Born February 11th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 10th, 1959 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Paul Nicolas
French association football player and manager (1899-1959).
Born November 4th, 1899 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1959 at 59 years old in Gy-l'Évêque (traffic collision).
David Pinski
Russian yiddish language writer (1872 – 1959).
Born April 5th, 1872 in Mogilev.
Died August 11th, 1959 at 87 years old in Haifa.
James Pier Mason
American actor (1889-1959).
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Paris.
Died November 7th, 1959 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Federico Tedeschini
Catholic cardinal.
Born October 12th, 1873 in Antrodoco.
Died November 2nd, 1959 at 86 years old in Rome.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 420
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan