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In the year 1959
378 Notable deaths
Maxie Long
American sprinter.
Born October 16th, 1878 in Belmont. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1959 at 80 years old in New York City.
André Siegfried
French academic, geographer and political writer.
Born April 21st, 1875 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1959 at 83 years old in Paris.
Grigorii Mikhailovich Fichtenholz
Russian mathematician.
Died June 26th, 1959 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Sergei Vasilyev
Film director, screenwriter (1900-1959).
Born November 4th, 1900 in Moscow.
Died December 16th, 1959 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Emil František Burian
Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist.
Born June 11th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1959 at 55 years old in Prague (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Leslie Knighton
English football manager (1887-1959).
Born March 15th, 1887 in Derbyshire.
Died May 10th, 1959 at 72 years old in Bournemouth.
David Pinski
Russian yiddish language writer (1872 – 1959).
Born April 5th, 1872 in Mogilev.
Died August 11th, 1959 at 87 years old in Haifa.
Paul Nicolas
French association football player and manager (1899-1959).
Born November 4th, 1899 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1959 at 59 years old in Gy-l'Évêque (traffic collision).
Ramón Fonst
Cuban fencer.
Born August 31st, 1883 in Havana. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1959 at 76 years old in Havana. [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 378
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson