Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

Jul 17 On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73  

Jul 19 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 in the year 1955.  

Jul 22 On this day in history joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45  

Jul 23 On this day in history betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55  

Jul 25 In the year 1955 ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62  

Aug 02 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 05 Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 in the year 1955.  

Aug 09 Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1955 thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80  

Aug 14 On this day in history 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 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on this day in history.  

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

Sep 01 Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 in the year 1955.  

Sep 02 On this day in history rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 07 Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1955.  

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 In the year 1955 death of john D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)  

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

Sep 28 Arthur Donaldson, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 30 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24 in the year 1955.  

Oct 01 On this day in history death of charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)  

Oct 02 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies in the year 1955.  

Oct 04 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 in the year 1955.  

Oct 13 On this day in history death of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)  

Oct 15 Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Oct 18 In the year 1955 jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72  

Oct 19 In the year 1955 john Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41  

Oct 20 Eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1955.  

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Jan 02 Tex Brashear, American voice actor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1955 birth of cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)  

Jan 03 Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) was born in the year 1955.  

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 in the year 1955.  

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 on this day in history.  

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