Famous Deaths In 1955

Jul 17 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 On this day in history koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64  

Jul 22 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Jul 23 In the year 1955 betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55  

Jul 25 Ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Aug 02 On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies  

Aug 05 In the year 1955 carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42  

Aug 09 In the year 1955 marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57  

Aug 12 Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 in the year 1955.  

Aug 14 In the year 1955 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66  

Aug 23 On this day in history death of reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896)  

Aug 27 In the year 1955 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies  

Aug 28 On this day in history death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi  

Sep 01 In the year 1955 philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61  

Sep 02 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1955.  

Sep 07 On this day in history earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81  

Sep 08 In the year 1955 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69  

Sep 10 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Sep 12 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 in the year 1955.  

Sep 14 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 16 On this day in history leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81  

Sep 19 John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894) died on this day in history.  

Sep 27 In the year 1955 henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71  

Sep 28 Arthur Donaldson, dies in the year 1955.  

Sep 30 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24 on this day in history.  

Oct 01 Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880) died on this day in history.  

Oct 02 On this day in history o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies  

Oct 04 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1955.  

Oct 09 On this day in history alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65  

Oct 13 Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897) died in the year 1955.  

Oct 15 In the year 1955 fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41  

Oct 18 On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72  

Oct 19 On this day in history john Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41  

Oct 20 In the year 1955 eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51  

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Jan 02 Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 03 Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 03 In the year 1955 birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)  

Jan 04 Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)  

Jan 08 Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08 In the year 1955 birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer