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In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Indian revolutionary and journalist.
Born January 5th, 1880 in Croydon.
Died April 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Kolkata.
Irakli Tsereteli
Georgian politician (1881-1959).
Born December 2nd, 1881 in Gorisa.
Died May 21st, 1959 at 77 years old in New York City.
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).
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.
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]
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.
Molla Mallory
American-norwegian tennis player (1884-1959).
Born March 6th, 1884 in Mosvik.
Died November 22nd, 1959 at 75 years old in Stockholm.
John Mathai
Indian politician.
Born January 10th, 1886 in Kozhikode.
Died November 2nd, 1959 at 73 years old [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 411
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson