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In the year 1962
454 Notable deaths
André Lhote
French sculptor and painter (1885-1962).
Born July 5th, 1885 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1962 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]
Culbert Olson
American politician.
Born November 7th, 1876 in Fillmore.
Died April 13th, 1962 at 85 years old in Los Angeles.
Indalecio Prieto
Spanish socialist politician (1883-1962).
Born April 30th, 1883 in Oviedo. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1962 at 78 years old in Mexico, Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
English conductor and composer (1893-1962).
Born May 26th, 1893 in Camden Town. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1962 at 69 years old in Hillingdon. [ref]
Valeska Suratt
American actress (1882-1962).
Born June 28th, 1882 in Owensville.
Died July 2nd, 1962 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
Aleksei Antonov
Soviet general (1896-1962).
Born September 27th, 1896 in Hrodna. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1962 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
American astronomer.
Born February 19th, 1866 in Montgomery City.
Died July 4th, 1962 at 96 years old in Oakland.
Snub Pollard
Australian actor (1889-1962).
Born November 9th, 1889 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1962 at 72 years old in Burbank (cancer). [ref]
Marie Bonaparte
French author and psychoanalyst (1882-1962).
Born July 2nd, 1882 in Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1962 at 80 years old in Gassin (leukemia). [ref]
Jerry Wald
American screenwriter and producer (1911–1962).
Born September 16th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died July 13th, 1962 at 50 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 454
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine