In the year 1959
420 Notable deaths
Imre Schlosser
Hungarian association football player (1889–1959).
Born January 24th, 1889 in Budapest.
Died July 19th, 1959 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Adolf Ziegler
German nazi painter (1892–1959).
Born October 16th, 1892 in Bremen. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1959 at 66 years old in Varnhalt. [ref]
Cesare Maria De Vecchi
Italian politician (1884–1959).
Born November 14th, 1884 in Casale Monferrato.
Died June 23rd, 1959 at 74 years old in Rome.
Karl Jäger
Swiss-born ss officer and einsatzkommando leader (1888-1959).
Born September 20th, 1888 in Schaffhausen.
Died June 22nd, 1959 at 70 years old in Hohenasperg (hanging).
Edmund Goulding
British director and screenwriter (1891–1959).
Born March 20th, 1891 in Feltham.
Died December 24th, 1959 at 68 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (surgical complications).
William Langer
American politician (1886–1959).
Born September 30th, 1886 in Casselton.
Died November 8th, 1959 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..
Mack Gordon
Polish-american composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film.
Born June 21st, 1904 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1959 at 54 years old in New York City.
Seán Lester
Irish diplomat (1888-1959).
Born September 28th, 1888 in Carrickfergus.
Died June 13th, 1959 at 70 years old in Galway.
Helen Parrish
American actress (1923-1959).
Born March 12th, 1923 in Columbus.
Died February 22nd, 1959 at 35 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Reuven Shiloah
Director of mossad from 1949 to 1953.
Born December 20th, 1909 in Jerusalem.
Died May 10th, 1959 at 49 years old in Jerusalem.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 420
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz