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In the year 1959
420 Notable deaths
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
4th prime minister of the dominion of ceylon (now sri lanka) from 1956-59.
Born January 8th, 1899 in Colombo.
Died September 26th, 1959 at 60 years old in Colombo.
Stanley Spencer
English painter (1891-1959).
Born July 30th, 1891 in Cookham. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1959 at 68 years old in Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Bernard Berenson
American art critic and collector.
Born June 26th, 1865 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1959 at 94 years old in Florence. [ref]
Adrian
Costume designer (1903-1959).
Born March 3rd, 1903 in Naugatuck.
Died September 13th, 1959 at 56 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Grant Withers
American film actor (1905-1959).
Born January 17th, 1905 in Pueblo.
Died March 27th, 1959 at 54 years old in North Hollywood (drug overdose).
Eugene Isaac Meyer
American financier, first president of the world bank (1875-1959).
Born October 31st, 1875 in Los Angeles.
Died July 17th, 1959 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alfred Kubin
Austrian illustrator, cartoonist and writer (1877-1959).
Born April 10th, 1877 in Litoměřice. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1959 at 82 years old in Wernstein am Inn. [ref]
Sax Rohmer
English novelist (1883–1959).
Born February 15th, 1883 in Birmingham.
Died June 1st, 1959 at 76 years old in White Plains.
Rudolf Caracciola
German/swiss racing and motorcycle driver (1901–1959).
Born January 30th, 1901 in Remagen.
Died September 28th, 1959 at 58 years old in Kassel (liver cirrhosis).
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
British army officer (1880-1959).
Born May 6th, 1880 in Edinburgh.
Died September 22nd, 1959 at 79 years old in London.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 420
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