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In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
Ramón Fonst
Cuban fencer.
Born August 31st, 1883 in Havana. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1959 at 76 years old in Havana. [ref]
María Guggiari Echeverría Santos
Paraguayan nun (1925-1959).
Born January 12th, 1925 in Villarrica.
Died April 28th, 1959 at 34 years old in Asunción (hepatitis).
Vitaly Bianki
Russian writer (1894-1959).
Born February 11th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1959 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
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).
David Pinski
Russian yiddish language writer (1872 – 1959).
Born April 5th, 1872 in Mogilev.
Died August 11th, 1959 at 87 years old in Haifa.
James Pier Mason
American actor (1889-1959).
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Paris.
Died November 7th, 1959 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
Portuguese aviator (1869-1959).
Born February 17th, 1869 in Lisbon.
Died February 18th, 1959 at 90 years old in Lisbon.
Federico Tedeschini
Catholic cardinal.
Born October 12th, 1873 in Antrodoco.
Died November 2nd, 1959 at 86 years old in Rome.
Adolf Smekal
Austrian physicist (1895–1959).
Born December 12th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died March 7th, 1959 at 63 years old in Graz.
Jiří Weil
Czech publicist, translator and bookwriter.
Born August 6th, 1900 in Praskolesy. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1959 at 59 years old in Prague (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 411
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot