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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1957 January 1 Ruth Draper US elocutionist, dies at age 67. [1] January 4 Death of Theodor Körner in Vienna, Austria, at age 84; colonel in the Austrian army when World War I began, rose to the office of chief of staff, then inspector general of the new Austrian army after the war, post-war mayor of Vienna, then finally elected president of Austria in 1951. [1] [37] January 7 Al White choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies. [1] January 9 Mary Carr Moore composer, dies at age 83. [1] January 10 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at age 67. [1] January 14 Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at age 57. [1] January 16 Alexander Cambridge Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at age 82. [1] Arturo Toscanini Italy, American conductor, dies in New York City, New York at age 89. [1] January 20 James Connolly first Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies. [1] January 21 Arthur L Bowley English statistician/economist, dies at age 87. [1] January 23 Willie Edwards US black, murdered by KKK at age 25. [1] January 24 Daniel Taylor cricketer (brother of Herbie, two Tests for South Africa 1914), dies. [1] January 28 Fred Stein TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at age 88. [1] January 30 Grigore Gafencu Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at age 65. [1] February 1 Friedrich von Paulus German field marshal (Stalingrad), dies at age 66. [1] February 2 Valéry Larbaud French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at age 75. [1] February 4 Joseph Hardaway creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at age 66. [1] Miguel Covarrubias Mexican illustrator, dies. [1] February 7 Rudolph Reti composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 8 John Von Neumann astronomer, dies at age 53. [1] February 9 Miklós Horthy von Nagybanya Hung Admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at age 88. [1] February 10 Laura Ingalls Wilder US author (Little House on Prarie), dies at age 90. [1] February 12 Johannes Anker Larsen Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at age 82. [1] February 16 Leslie Hore-Belisha [Lord Halifax], British Minister of Transport, dies at age 63. [1] February 18 Henry N Russell co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies. [1] February 22 Harry Sothern actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at age 72. [1] February 25 Kurt von Wolfurt composer, dies at age 76. [1] Mark Aldanov [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at age 70. [1] March 2 Harry E Soref inventor (padlock), dies at age 70. [1] March 8 Othmar Schoeck composer, dies at age 70. [1] March 11 Richard E Byrd, American explorer (Antarctica), dies at age 68. [1] [5] March 12 Harry Dean cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies. [1] Josephine Hull actress (Harvey), dies at age 71. [1] March 13 Lena Ashwell English actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at age 84. [1] March 16 Mosa Pijade Yugoslavian Member of Parliament (communist), dies at age 67. [1] March 17 Ramon Magsaysay, President of Philippines dies in a plane crash. [1] March 23 L Patrick Abercrombie English architect, dies at age 77. [1] March 25 Fud Livingston composer, dies at age 50. [1] March 26 Max Ophüls [Maximilian Oppenheimer] German/French director (Caught, Exile), dies. [1] March 29 Joyce A L Cary English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at age 68. [1] March 31 Gene Lockhart New York City, New York; actor (Going My Way), dies at age 65. [1] April 1 Gheorge Tatarescu premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies. [1] April 8 Frank Chester cricketer (distinguished one-armed England Test ump), dies. [1] April 19 Charles Funk Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls), dies at age 76. [1] Johan W Albarda first Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at age 79. [1] April 22 Ignatius Roy D Campbell British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at age 54. [1] April 23 William Orlamond actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at age 89. [1] April 24 Andries CD de Graeff Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at age 84. [1] April 27 Mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies. [1] April 29 Otallo Morales composer, dies at age 82. [1] April 30 Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at age 80. [1] May 1 Grant Mitchell actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at age 82. [1] May 2 Joseph McCarthy commie hunting senator (Republican-WI), dies at age 47. [1] Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, dies at age 53. [1] May 5 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at age 74. [1] May 8 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters Dutch painter, dies at age 75. [1] May 9 Ezio F Pinza Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Metropolitan Opera), dies. [1] Heinrich Campendonk German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at age 67. [1] May 12 Erich von Stroheim Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at age 71. [1] May 17 Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, dies at age 54. [1] May 21 Edwin Saint Hill cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies. [1] May 29 George Bacovia [Vasiliu] Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at age 75. [1] May 30 Toivo R Pekkanen Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies. [1] June 7 Mrs Elizabeth S Kingsley double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies. [1] June 21 Don McBride actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at age 68. [1] July 4 Judy Tyler actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at age 24 in car crash. [1] July 8 Grace Goodhue Coolidge first lady, dies at age 78. [1] William Cadbury chocolate maker, dies at age 89. [1] July 15 George Cleveland actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at age 74. [1] July 20 Phil Hanna singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at age 46. [1] July 21 Bernard Spooner US inventor of bulletproof jacket, dies. [1] August 7 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at age 65. [1] [5] September 20 Jean Sibelius Finnish composer, dies at age 91. [1] September 21 Haakon VII king of Norway, dies, Olaf succeeds him. [1] September 28 Albert Ascoli Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies. [1] October 24 Christian Dior French designer, dies at age 52 in Italy. [1] October 28 Anthony J Morabito co-owner of San Francisco 49ers, dies while watching a game. [1] October 29 Louis B Mayer MGM producer, dies at age 71. [1] December 2 Harrison Ford silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at age 73. [1] December 3 Frank E Gannett newspaper publisher, dies at age 81. [1] December 8 Reginald Sheffield actor (Second Chance), dies at age 55. [1] December 9 Carswell Adams sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies. [1] December 12 Robert Frank Kurka composer, dies at age 35. [1] December 17 Dorothy Leigh Sayers [Atherton Fleming] author (Whose body), dies at age 64. [1] December 19 John W Van Druten US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at age 56. [1] December 21 Eric Coates composer, dies at age 71. [1] December 24 Norma Talmadge US actress (sign on bay), dies at age 60. [1] December 25 Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at age 87. [1] December 26 Artur Malawski composer, dies at age 53. [1] December 27 Alan Bridge actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at age 66. [1] 1958 January 1 David Broekman musician (Think Fast), dies at age 55. [1] January 4 Waverley John Anderson Scotland, Viscount/Governor of Bengal, dies at age 75. [1] January 6 Josephine princess of Belgium/nun, dies at age 85. [1] January 7 Dr Petru Groza premier of Romania, dies at age 74. [1] January 9 Paul Fechter German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies. [1] January 10 Charles de Trooz Belgian writer, dies at age 52. [1] January 11 Alec Rowley composer, dies at age 65. [1] January 12 Arthur Shepherd composer, dies at age 77. [1] January 13 Edna Purviance actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at age 61. [1] John Lindeboom Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at age 75. [1] January 30 Earnest H Heinkel German airplane builder (WWII), dies at age 70. [1] February 1 Clinton Joseph Davisson dies. [1] February 3 Henry Kuttner sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at age 42. [1] Johannes F Buziau Dutch cabaret performer, dies at age 81. [1] February 4 Frederik de Merode Belgian prince, dies at age 46. [1] February 5 Henry M Tomlinson British writer (Under red ensign), dies at age 84. [1] February 7 Walter Kingsford actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at age 76. [1] February 10 Billy Vine actor (54th Street Revue), dies at age 42. [1] February 12 Marcel Cachin first communist French senator, dies at age 88. [1] February 13 Georges Rouault French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at age 86. [1] February 20 Thurston Hall actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at age 75. [1] February 22 Michael Todd film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash. [1] February 24 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne] French poet, dies at age 86. [1] February 27 Harry Cohn CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack. [1] March 1 Giacomo Balla Italian painter, dies at age 86. [1] March 4 Albert Kuyle [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at age 54. [1] March 8 Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich actress (Salontiroler), dies at age 85. [1] March 12 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, dies at age 79. [1] March 14 Eugeen Van de Velde Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 16 Leon J Cadore pitched the 26 inning game, dies at age 65. [1] March 19 Vernon Ransford cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies. [1] March 21 Cyril M Kornbluth US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at age 34. [1] March 22 Michael Todd producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at age 56. [1] March 23 Florian Znaniecki Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at age 76. [1] March 25 Emerson Whithorne composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 26 Phil Mead cricketer (55061 first-class runs 1905-36), dies. [1] March 28 Chuck Klein Philadelphia Phillie homerun hitter, dies at age 53. [1] W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy US conductor/composer (Saint Louis Blues), dies at age 84. [1] April 3 Theodor Kramer writer, dies. [1] April 4 Hendrik Heyman Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at age 78. [1] April 5 Jozef Brems Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at age 87. [1] April 7 Judge Jackson composer, dies at age 75. [1] Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov composer, dies at age 58. [1] April 10 Chuck Willis rocker, dies at age 30. [1] April 15 Estelle Taylor dies at age 64. [1] April 18 Maurice-Gustave Gamelin French Generalissmo (WWI, WWII), dies at age 85. [1] Richard B Goldschmidt German zoologist (butterflies), dies. [1] April 26 Joe Small cricketer (West Indies all-rounder in 1928 series), dies. [1] Johan N C "Joan" Collette painter, dies at age 68. [1] May 2 Alfred Weber German economist/sociologist, dies at age 89. [1] May 3 Frank Foster cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies. [1] May 5 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family). [1] May 7 Nyogen Senzaki first Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at age 81. [1] May 8 Nasni Matni Lebanese journalist, murdered. [1] May 9 Bill Goodwin TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at age 47. [1] May 15 Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at age 91. [1] May 16 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten] Flemish playwright, dies at age 49. [1] May 19 Bruno Sturmer composer, dies at age 65. [1] Ronald Colman British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 67. [1] May 22 Magdalene Székely-Lulofs author (Our Italian Employees), dies at age 58. [1] May 25 Rolland Beaumont cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies. [1] May 26 Francis Carco(pino) French author/critic (L'homme traqué), dies at age 71. [1] May 27 Ainslie Pryor actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at age 46. [1] Samuel Stritch US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies. [1] May 28 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer, dies at age 77. [1] May 29 Juan Ramón Jiménez Spanish poet (Nobel Prize 1956), dies at age 76. [1] July 1 Dr Harry Nicholls Holmes crystallized vitamin A, dies at age 78. [1] July 14 King Faisal II Prime Minister of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad. [1] July 15 Julia Lennon mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident. [1] July 19 Robert Earl Hughes weighed 1,041 pounds (473 kg), dies at age 32. [1] August 14 Gladys L Presley mom of Elvis, dies at age 46. [1] Mary Ritter Beard American historian, dies at age 82. [1] August 21 Walter Schumann choral director (Ford Show), dies at age 44. [1] August 27 Dr Ernest O Lawrence inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel Prize 1939), dies at age 57. [1] October 9 Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy. [1] October 12 Ed Hinton actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at age 30. [1] October 15 John Hamilton actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at age 61. [1] November 15 Tyrone Power actor, dies of a heart attack at age 44. [1] November 21 Mel Ott New York Giants baseball star (1926-1947), dies at age 49. [1] November 25 Charles F Kettering invented auto self-starter, dies at age 82. [1] December 5 Ferdinand Bruckner writer, dies at age 67. [1] December 6 Erwin Bodky composer, dies at age 62. [1] December 10 Juliane Gabriels Flemish physician, dies at age 72. [1] December 13 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban premier of Iraq, executed. [1] Barhanuddin Bashajan Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed. [1] Brand Dirck Ochse film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at age 66. [1] Rafiq Aref Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed. [1] Tim Moore actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at age 70. [1] December 21 H[arry] B[yron] Warner actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at age 83. [1] Lion Feuchtwanger philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at age 74. [1] December 22 Fjodor W Gladkow Russian author (Cement), dies at age 75. [1] Lion Feuchtwanger German/US philosopher (Jüdische Krieg), dies at age 74. [1] December 26 Harry Redman composer, dies on 89th birthday. [1] December 29 Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at age 63. [1] December 31 Gustav Hermann Unger composer, dies at age 72. [1]