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In the year 1963
469 Notable deaths
Bryant Washburn
American actor (1889-1963).
Born April 28th, 1889 in Chicago.
Died April 30th, 1963 at 74 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
William Godfrey
Catholic cardinal (1889–1963).
Born September 25th, 1889 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1963 at 73 years old in London.
William C. Mellor
American cinematographer (1903-1963).
Born June 29th, 1903 in Missouri.
Died April 30th, 1963 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
James Kirkwood
American actor and film director (1875–1963).
Born February 22nd, 1875 in Grand Rapids.
Died August 24th, 1963 at 88 years old in Woodland Hills.
Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole
Was the tupua tamasese from 1929 to 1963, a samoan paramount chief.
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Vaimoso.
Died April 5th, 1963 at 57 years old
Per Jacobsson
Swedish economist (1894-1963).
Born February 5th, 1894 in Tanum.
Died May 5th, 1963 at 69 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
Polish philosopher and logician (1890–1963).
Born December 12th, 1890 in Ternopil.
Died April 12th, 1963 at 72 years old in Warsaw.
Princess Antoinette of Anhalt
Princess of schaumburg-lippe.
Born March 3rd, 1885 in Dessau.
Died April 3rd, 1963 at 78 years old in Dessau.
Cilly Aussem
German tennis player (1909-1963).
Born January 4th, 1909 in Cologne.
Died March 22nd, 1963 at 54 years old in Portofino.
Augusts Kirhenšteins
Latvian politician, prime minister of latvia (1872-1963).
Born September 18th, 1872 in Mazsalaca.
Died November 3rd, 1963 at 91 years old in Riga.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 469
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde