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In the year 1959
378 Notable deaths
Frank Vaughn
American soccer player (1902-1959).
Born February 18th, 1902 in St. Louis.
Died July 9th, 1959 at 57 years old in St. Louis.
Ernst Fast
Athletics competitor (1881-1959).
Born January 21st, 1881 in Stockholm.
Died October 26th, 1959 at 78 years old in Sigtuna Municipality.
José Durand Laguna
Argentine footballer (1885-1959).
Born November 7th, 1889 in Buenos Aires.
Died July 16th, 1959 at 69 years old in Asunción.
Eero Lehtonen
Athletics competitor (1898-1959).
Born April 21st, 1898 in Mikkeli.
Died November 9th, 1959 at 61 years old in Helsinki.
Umberto Barbaro
Italian writer (1902-1959).
Born January 3rd, 1902 in Acireale. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1959 at 57 years old in Rome. [ref]
Karl Hessenberg
German mathematician.
Born September 8th, 1904 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died February 22nd, 1959 at 54 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Klaudzi Duzh-Dusheuski
Belarusian architect, diplomat and journalist (1891-1959).
Born April 8th, 1891 in Hlybokaje.
Died February 25th, 1959 at 67 years old in Vilnius.
Luis Araquistáin
Spanish politician, writer.
Born June 18th, 1886 in Bárcena de Pie de Concha. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1959 at 73 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Al LeConey
Gold medal-winning sprinter at the 1924 summer games.
Born November 3rd, 1901.
Died November 11th, 1959 at 58 years old in Plainfield.
Arthur Cecil Alport
British medical doctor (1880-1959).
Born January 25th, 1880 in Beaufort West.
Died April 17th, 1959 at 79 years old in London.
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Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney