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In the year 1959
378 Notable deaths
Sisavang Vong
King of laos (1885-1959).
Born July 14th, 1885 in Luang Prabang.
Died October 29th, 1959 at 74 years old in Luang Prabang.
Olga Knipper
Actress (1868-1959).
Born September 21st, 1868 in Glazov. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1959 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
British explorer.
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Bedford.
Died May 18th, 1959 at 73 years old in Piccadilly.
Wanda Landowska
Polish-french harpsichordist.
Born July 5th, 1879 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1959 at 80 years old in Lakeville (disease). [ref]
Guitar Slim
American blues musician.
Born December 10th, 1926 in Greenwood. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1959 at 32 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
George Padmore
Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago.
Died September 23rd, 1959 at 56 years old in London.
Irakli Tsereteli
Georgian politician (1881-1959).
Born December 2nd, 1881 in Gorisa. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1959 at 77 years old in New York City.
Helen Broderick
American actress (1891-1959).
Born August 11th, 1891 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1959 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Edith Clarke
American engineer.
Born February 10th, 1883 in Baltimore.
Died October 29th, 1959 at 76 years old in Baltimore (myocardial infarction).
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959).
Born February 14th, 1869 in Glencorse.
Died November 15th, 1959 at 90 years old in Carlops.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 378
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