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In the year 1959
378 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Khinchin
Russian mathematician.
Born July 19th, 1894 in Kondrovo.
Died November 18th, 1959 at 65 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Li Jishen
Chinese politician (1885-1959).
Born November 5th, 1885 in Cangwu County.
Died October 9th, 1959 at 73 years old in Beijing (stomach cancer).
Ragnar Nurkse
American-estonian economist.
Born October 5th, 1907 in Käru.
Died May 6th, 1959 at 51 years old in Vevey.
Irving Cummings
Actor, film director (1888-1959).
Born October 9th, 1888 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1959 at 70 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Alfonsina Strada
Italian racing cyclist.
Born March 16th, 1891 in Castelfranco Emilia.
Died September 13th, 1959 at 68 years old in Milan (motorcycle accident).
Franz Blücher
German politician (1896-1959).
Born March 24th, 1896 in Essen.
Died March 26th, 1959 at 63 years old in Bad Godesberg.
Heleno de Freitas
Brazilian footballer.
Born December 12th, 1920 in São João Nepomuceno. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1959 at 38 years old in Barbacena.
Henri Vidal
French actor (1919-1959).
Born November 26th, 1919 in Clermont-Ferrand. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1959 at 40 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sam M. Lewis
American singer and lyricist (1885-1959).
Born October 25th, 1885 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1959 at 74 years old in New York City. [ref]
Henri-Pierre Roché
French writer, art collector and art dealer (1879-1959).
Born May 28th, 1879 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1959 at 79 years old in Meudon. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 378
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau