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In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
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.
Adolf Lindfors
Olympic wrestler.
Born February 8th, 1879 in Porvoo.
Died May 5th, 1959 at 80 years old in Porvoo.
Antonio Campolo
Uruguayan footballer (1897-1959).
Born February 7th, 1897 in Montevideo.
Died May 22nd, 1959 at 62 years old in Montevideo.
Peter Platzer
Austrian footballer (1910-1959).
Born May 29th, 1910 in Austria-Hungary.
Died December 13th, 1959 at 49 years old
Zoltán Blum
Hungarian association football player (1892-1959).
Born January 3rd, 1892 in Pápa.
Died December 25th, 1959 at 67 years old in Budapest (disease).
Martin Hawkins
Athletics competitor.
Born February 20th, 1888 in Sweden.
Died October 27th, 1959 at 71 years old in Portland.
Rita Sacchetto
German dancer and actress (1880–1959).
Born January 15th, 1880 in Munich.
Died January 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Genoa.
Lal Shah Bokhari
Field hockey player (1906–1959).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Faisalabad.
Died July 22nd, 1959 at 53 years old in Colombo.
Roald Larsen
Norwegian speed skater (1898–1959).
Born February 1st, 1898 in Christiania.
Died July 28th, 1959 at 61 years old in Oslo.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 411
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel