In the year 1959
420 Notable deaths
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).
Boris Lavrenyov
Russian writer.
Born July 17th, 1891 in Kherson.
Died January 7th, 1959 at 67 years old in Moscow. [ref]
John August Anderson
American astronomer.
Born August 7th, 1876 in Rollag.
Died December 2nd, 1959 at 83 years old in Altadena.
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.
Jean de La Varende
French writer (1887-1959).
Born May 2nd, 1887 in Château de Bonneville. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1959 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Susana Soca
Uruguayan poet.
Born July 19th, 1906 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1959 at 52 years old in Rio de Janeiro (aviation accident). [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 420
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