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In the year 1959
378 Notable deaths
Wayne Morris
American actor.
Born February 17th, 1914 in Los Angeles.
Died September 14th, 1959 at 45 years old in California (myocardial infarction).
Friedrich Panzinger
German nazi ss officer and holocaust perpetrator.
Born February 1st, 1903 in Munich.
Died August 8th, 1959 at 56 years old in Munich.
Friedrich Waismann
Austrian philosopher.
Born March 21st, 1896 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1959 at 63 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
German chemist (1876-1959).
Born December 25th, 1876 in Berlin.
Died June 9th, 1959 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
Alberto Guerrero
Chilean classical pianist (1886-1959).
Born February 6th, 1886 in La Serena.
Died November 7th, 1959 at 73 years old in Toronto.
Edvard Eriksen
Danish sculptor.
Born March 10th, 1876 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1959 at 82 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Montserrat Grases
Spanish opus dei member (1941-1959).
Born July 10th, 1941 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1959 at 17 years old in Barcelona (Ewing sarcoma). [ref]
Max O. Lorenz
American economist.
Born September 16th, 1876 in Burlington. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1959 at 82 years old in Sunnyvale.
Gregorij Rožman
Slovenian roman catholic prelate and theologian.
Born March 9th, 1883 in Feistritz ob Bleiburg.
Died November 16th, 1959 at 76 years old in Cleveland (disease).
Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
British army general.
Born December 25th, 1891 in Chennai.
Died April 29th, 1959 at 67 years old in Gibraltar (pneumonia).
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