In the year 1962
456 Notable deaths
Eduard Toldrà
Music conductor and composer (1895-1962).
Born April 7th, 1895 in Vilanova i la Geltrú. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1962 at 67 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Louis Raymond
South african tennis player (1895-1962).
Born June 28th, 1895 in Pretoria.
Died January 30th, 1962 at 66 years old in Johannesburg.
Leon Kruczkowski
Polish writer (1900-1962).
Born June 28th, 1900 in Kraków. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1962 at 62 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Albert William Herre
American zoologist (1868-1962).
Born September 16th, 1868 in Toledo.
Died January 16th, 1962 at 93 years old in Santa Cruz.
Eduard von Steiger
Member of the swiss federal council (1881-1962).
Born July 2nd, 1881 in Langnau im Emmental.
Died February 10th, 1962 at 80 years old in Bern.
Shorty Templeman
American racing driver (1919-1962).
Born August 12th, 1919 in Pueblo.
Died August 24th, 1962 at 43 years old in Marion.
Josiah McCracken
American football player, athlete and professor of medicine (1874-1962).
Born March 30th, 1874 in Lincoln County.
Died February 15th, 1962 at 87 years old in Philadelphia.
Hermann Junker
German egyptologist (1877-1962).
Born November 29th, 1877 in Bendorf.
Died January 9th, 1962 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Paavo Aaltonen
Finnish gymnast (1919-1962).
Born December 11th, 1919 in Kemi.
Died September 9th, 1962 at 42 years old in Sipoo.
Andrey Khrulyov
Soviet general (1892-1962).
Born September 30th, 1892 in Yamburgsky Uyezd.
Died June 9th, 1962 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 456
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson