Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

Apr 08 On this day in history arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84  

Apr 10 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1937.  

Apr 15 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Apr 17 On this day in history death of yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)  

Apr 19 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 in the year 1937.  

Apr 25 On this day in history clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open  

Apr 27 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Apr 29 William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) died in the year 1937.  

May 01 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 02 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 04 Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) died in the year 1937.  

May 09 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 on this day in history.  

May 10 In the year 1937 death of william Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)  

May 11 In the year 1937 viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62  

May 13 On this day in history death of ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)  

May 15 On this day in history death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)  

May 23 In the year 1937 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla  

May 25 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on this day in history.  

May 28 On this day in history alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67  

Jun 02 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jun 04 Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history death of robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)  

Jun 11 R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895) died in the year 1937.  

Jun 12 On this day in history death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)  

Jun 18 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies in the year 1937.  

Jun 19 In the year 1937 james M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies  

Jun 25 In the year 1937 colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39  

Jun 26 Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jun 28 On this day in history max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64  

Jul 02 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40 in the year 1937.  

Jul 09 In the year 1937 death of oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)  

Jul 10 In the year 1937 attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56  

Jul 11 On this day in history george Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38  

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Jan 02 In the year 1937 birth of marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 In the year 1937 birth of r Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)  

Jan 06 Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of paolo Conte, Italian singer  

Jan 08 In the year 1937 birth of robert Moran, composer