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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1960 January 2 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy), dies at age 60. [1] Chris van Abkoude author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about age 79. [1] Fausto Coppi Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at age 40. [1] Friedrich Adler Austria social-democrat, assasinated Prime Minister Stürgkh, dies in Zürich at age 80. [1] January 3 Victor Seastrom entertainer, dies at age 80. [1] January 4 Albert Camus French author (Stranger), dies in an automobile accident at age 46. [1] January 5 Donald Knight cricketer (54 runs in two Tests for England 1921), dies. [1] Pavel P Parenago Russia, cosmonaut, dies at age 53. [1] January 6 Edith Barstow choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at age 52. [1] Erik Lindahl Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at age 68. [1] January 7 Luis da Costa composer, dies at age 80. [1] January 11 Johan E Elias Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at age 84. [1] January 12 Nevil Shute [Norway] English/Australian author (Town like Alice), dies at age 60. [1] January 13 Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian poet (Una Donna), dies at age 83. [1] January 20 Matt Moore actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at age 72. [1] January 24 John Miljan actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at age 66. [1] Rutland Boughton composer, dies at age 82. [1] January 25 Diana Barrymore actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at age 38. [1] Rutland Boughton composer, dies at age 82. [1] January 28 Jacques de Menasce composer, dies at age 54. [1] January 29 Louis Jean Heydt actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at age 54. [1] January 31 Lowell Gilmore actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at age 53. [1] February 2 Jeno Huszka composer, dies at age 84. [1] February 3 Johannes G Geelkerken Dutch reformed vicar, dies at age 80. [1] February 5 Louis Stricker cricketer (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies. [1] Rudolf Nelson composer, dies at age 81. [1] February 6 Jesse Belvin rocker, dies at age 26 in a car crash. [1] February 7 Igor V Kurtshatov Russian nuclear physicist, dies at age 57. [1] February 9 Ernst von Dohnanyi US composer, dies at age 82. [1] February 12 Bobby Clark vaudevillian (World's funniest circus clown), dies at age 71. [1] February 13 Delmar G Roos designer of the jeep, dies at age 79. [1] February 14 Sven R Lidman Swedish writer (Tvedräktens Barn), dies at age 77. [1] February 20 Leonard Woolley archaeologist, dies. [1] February 22 Hubert Cuypers composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at age 86. [1] February 24 Jean Binet composer, dies at age 66. [1] February 25 Everhardus J van Romondt Dutch Antillean minister, dies at age 51. [1] February 26 Aleksandar Belic Swedish linguist, dies at age 83. [1] February 27 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at age 58. [1] February 28 F S Flint British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at age 74. [1] March 3 Sammy White actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at age 65. [1] March 4 Leonard Warren US baritone, dies on stage at age 48. [1] March 11 Roy Chapman Andrews US biologist/explorer, dies at age 76. [1] March 23 Franklin P Adams columnist (Information Please), dies at age 78. [1] March 24 Paul Joostens Flemish painter, dies at age 70. [1] March 26 Ian Keith actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at age 61. [1] March 27 Ian Whyte composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 28 Ian Keith US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at age 61. [1] March 30 Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter, dies at age 90. [1] Joseph Haas German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at age 81. [1] March 31 Joseph Haas German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at age 81. [1] April 1 Piet[er O] Bakker Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at age 62. [1] April 3 Anton Pannekoek Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at age 87. [1] April 5 Alma Kruger actor (Made For Each Other), dies at age 88. [1] April 10 Arthur Benjamin Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at age 66. [1] April 14 Archibald McIndoe plastic surgeon, dies. [1] April 17 Eddie Cochran rocker, dies in an auto accident at age 21. [1] April 18 Emory Johnson director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at age 66. [1] April 23 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies. [1] Toyohiko Kagawa Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at age 71. [1] April 24 John P "John" Musch actor/founder (JM), dies at age 84. [1] April 25 Amanullah emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at age 67. [1] Hope Emerson actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at age 62. [1] Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn composer, dies at age 92. [1] April 26 Wander J de Haas Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at age 82. [1] April 28 Anton Pancake astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at age 87. [1] May 5 Sulho Ranta composer, dies at age 58. [1] May 6 Paul Abraham Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at age 67. [1] May 8 Hugo Alfven Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at age 88. [1] May 10 Juri Olescha writer, dies at age 61. [1] May 11 John D Rockefeller Jr philanthropist, dies at age 86. [1] May 12 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs composer, dies at age 70. [1] May 23 Georges Claude engineer/inventor, dies. [1] May 27 Edward Brophy actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at age 65. [1] George Zucco actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at age 74. [1] May 30 Boris Pasternak Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at age 70. [1] May 31 Willem Elsschot [Alfons de Ridder] Flemish writer (Kas), dies at age 78. [1] June 1 Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at age 76. [1] June 4 Lucien Littlefield actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at age 64. [1] June 25 Walter Baade astronomer, dies. [1] July 29 Richard Simon cofounder of Simon and Shuster, dies. [1] August 8 Danton Walker columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at age 61. [1] August 23 Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway librettist, dies at age 65. [1] August 29 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at age 46. [1] Hazza el-Majali Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated. [1] September 6 Jimmy Savo comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at age 65. [1] September 18 A DC-6 airplane carrying United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashes in Northern Rhodesia. (The plane was accidentally shot down by a local group that had planned to kidnap Hammarskjöld.) [1] [7] September 25 Emily Post etiquette expert, dies at age 86. [1] October 9 Howard Glenn New York Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game. [1] October 24 Disaster on USSR launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (unconfirmed); USSR claims he was killed in plane crash. [1] November 5 Ward Bond actor, dies at age 55. [1] November 16 Clark Gable dies at age 59. [1] [5] November 28 Richard Wright dies at age 52 in Paris France. [1] December 1 Ion Vasilescu composer, dies at age 57. [1] December 3 Hermann Stephani composer, dies at age 83. [1] December 14 Gregory Ratoff actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at age 63. [1] December 16 Anna Luther silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at age 63. [1] December 26 Eduard Ludwig German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at age 54. [1] December 31 Germaine Loosveldt Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at age 69. [1] Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer, dies at age 70. [1]