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, The Caine Mutiny), dies at age 57. [1]

January 16

• Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31 / Canada 1940-45), dies at age 82. [1]
• Arturo Toscanini, Italian-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 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, Hungarian 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, American actor (Going My Way), dies at age 65. [1]

April 1

• Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 1939-40), 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, communist-hunting senator (Republican-Wisconsin), 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 team, 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 who developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies. [1]

October 11

• US Air Force Colonel Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn is killed in the crash of a Twin Beech plane in the Philippines. [158.86]

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 of 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 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 a 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, American 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 Phillies' 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 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 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 The Beatles' 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, mother of Elvis Presley, 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 Three 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]
• Rafiq Aref Iraqi, chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed. [1]
• Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at age 66. [1]
• Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish - "Amos 'n' Andy"), dies at age 70. [1]

December 21

• H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (Ten Commandments, New Moon), dies at age 83. [1]

December 22

• Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at age 75. [1]
• Lion Feuchtwanger, German/US philosopher (Jüdische Krieg, Der falsche Nero), 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]