In the year 1959
387 Notable deaths
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.
Charles Halton
Actor (1876-1959).
Born March 16th, 1876 in Washington, D.C..
Died April 16th, 1959 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (hepatitis).
Beatrix Farrand
American landscape architect.
Born June 19th, 1872 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1959 at 86 years old in Mount Desert Island. [ref]
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]
Edmund Goulding
British director and screenwriter (1891–1959).
Born March 20th, 1891 in Feltham. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1959 at 68 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (surgical complications). [ref]
Prince Elias, Hereditary Duke of Parma
Pretender to the throne of parma.
Born July 23rd, 1880 in Biarritz.
Died June 27th, 1959 at 78 years old in Friedberg.
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.
Edwin Muir
British poet, novelist and translator (1887-1959).
Born May 15th, 1887 in Deerness.
Died January 3rd, 1959 at 71 years old in Cambridge.
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
First chief rabbi of ireland and israel (1888–1959).
Born December 2nd, 1888 in Łomża. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1959 at 70 years old in Jerusalem.
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
American actress (1873–1959).
Born March 7th, 1873 in Louisville.
Died February 1st, 1959 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce