Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1955

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

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

Jul 22 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 in the year 1955.  

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

Jul 25 Ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1955.  

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

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

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

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 Reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896) died in the year 1955.  

Aug 27 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 28 Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi died in the year 1955.  

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 in the year 1955.  

Sep 08 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 in the year 1955.  

Sep 10 In the year 1955 robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70  

Sep 12 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Sep 14 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies in the year 1955.  

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

Sep 19 On this day in history death of john D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)  

Sep 27 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 in the year 1955.  

Sep 28 In the year 1955 arthur Donaldson, dies  

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 in the year 1955.  

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

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

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

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 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Oct 19 John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)  

Jan 04 Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1955 birth of mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer