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In the year 1959
420 Notable deaths
Martin Hawkins
Athletics competitor (1888–1959).
Born February 20th, 1888 in Sweden.
Died October 27th, 1959 at 71 years old in Portland.
Rita Sacchetto
German dancer and actress (1880–1959).
Born January 15th, 1880 in Munich.
Died January 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Genoa.
Lal Shah Bokhari
Field hockey player (1906–1959).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Faisalabad.
Died July 22nd, 1959 at 53 years old in Colombo.
Roald Larsen
Norwegian speed skater (1898–1959).
Born February 1st, 1898 in Christiania.
Died July 28th, 1959 at 61 years old in Oslo.
Alfred Lind
Danish film director.
Born March 27th, 1879 in Helsingør.
Died April 29th, 1959 at 80 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Park Jung-yang
Korean joseon dynasty and japanese-ruled korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959).
Died April 23rd, 1959 at 86 years old in Daegu (disease).
Julius Beresford
British rower (1868-1959).
Born June 29th, 1868 in London.
Died September 29th, 1959 at 91 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Jaroslav Skobla
Czech weightlifter (1899-1959).
Born April 16th, 1899 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1959 at 60 years old in Teplice nad Bečvou. [ref]
William Hammond Wright
American astronomer (1871-1959).
Born November 4th, 1871 in San Francisco.
Died May 16th, 1959 at 87 years old in San Jose.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 420
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr