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In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
Charles Pélissier
French cyclist.
Born February 20th, 1903 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1959 at 56 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Alexander Rueb
Dutch lawyer, diplomat, and chess official (1882–1959).
Born December 27th, 1882 in The Hague.
Died February 2nd, 1959 at 76 years old in The Hague.
Bruce Harlan
American diver (1926–1959).
Born January 2nd, 1926 in Pennsylvania.
Died June 22nd, 1959 at 33 years old in Norwalk (falling from height).
Maud Barger-Wallach
Us tennis player (1870-1959).
Born June 15th, 1870 in New York City.
Died April 2nd, 1959 at 88 years old in Baltimore.
Adolpho Ducke
Brazilian botanist, zoologist and anthropologist from triest, austria-hungary (1876–1959).
Born October 19th, 1876 in Trieste.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 82 years old in Fortaleza.
Johannes Riemann
German actor.
Born May 31st, 1888 in Berlin.
Died September 30th, 1959 at 71 years old in Konstanz.
Carles Riba
Catalan writer and poet (1893–1959).
Born September 23rd, 1893 in Barcelona.
Died July 12th, 1959 at 65 years old in Barcelona.
Katay Don Sasorith
Nationalist, politician, author, and prime minister of laos (1904-1959).
Born July 12th, 1904 in Pakse.
Died December 29th, 1959 at 55 years old in Vientiane.
Karo Halabyan
Soviet architect.
Born July 26th, 1897 in Ganja.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Kathryn Adams
Actress (1893-1959).
Born May 25th, 1893 in St. Louis.
Died February 17th, 1959 at 65 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 301 to 310 of 411
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker