In the year 1959

378 Notable deaths

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

Nazi painter.

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).

Barthélemy Boganda

1st prime minister of the central african republic autonomous territory (1910-1959).

Born April 4th, 1910 in Bobangui.

Died March 29th, 1959 at 48 years old in Bangui (aviation accident). [ref]

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