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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1959-1959
Last Updated 01-02-2024
Edwin Muir -- b.5/15/1887 d.1/3/1959 (71)
Cecil B. De Mille -- b.8/12/1881 d.1/21/1959 (77)
Carl Switzer -- b.8/7/1927 d.1/21/1959 (31)
John Michael Hawthorn -- b.4/10/1929 d.1/22/1959 (29)
Elisabeth Moore -- b.3/5/1876 d.1/22/1959 (82)
Philip Tonge -- b.4/26/1897 d.1/28/1959 (61)
William F. "Willie" Hoppe -- b.10/11/1887 d.2/1/1959 (71)
Big Bopper-The -- b.10/24/1930 d.2/3/1959 (28)
Buddy Holly -- b.9/7/1936 N.S. d.2/3/1959 N.S. (22)
Ritchie Valens -- b.5/13/1941 d.2/3/1959 (17)
William Astor -- b.11/15/1891 d.2/3/1959 (67)
Una O'Connor -- b.10/23/1880 d.2/4/1959 (78)
Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie -- b.9/5/1875 N.S. d.2/7/1959 N.S. (83)
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones -- b.12/10/1926 d.2/7/1959 (32)
Marshall Teague -- b.2/22/1921 d.2/11/1959 (37)
George Antheil -- b.6/8/1900 d.2/12/1959 (58)
Paul Günther -- b.10/24/1882 N.S. d.2/13/1959 N.S. (76)
Warren "Baby" Dodds -- b.12/24/1898 d.2/14/1959 (60)
Sir Owen Richardson -- b.4/26/1879 d.2/15/1959 (79)
Tim Mara -- b.7/29/1887 d.2/17/1959 (71)
Lewis James -- b.7/29/1892 d.2/19/1959 (66)
Helen Parrish -- b.3/12/1922 d.2/22/1959 (36)
Beatrix Farrand -- b.6/19/1872 d.2/28/1959 (86)
Maxwell Anderson -- b.12/15/1888 N.S. d.2/28/1959 N.S. (70)
Mack Gordon -- b.6/21/1904 N.S. d.2/28/1959 N.S. (54)
Albie Booth -- b.2/1/1908 d.3/1/1959 (51)
Eric Blore -- b.12/23/1887 d.3/2/1959 (71)
Lou Costello -- b.3/6/1906 d.3/3/1959 (52)
Fred Stone -- b.8/19/1873 d.3/6/1959 (85)
"Billy" Gilmour -- b.3/21/1885 d.3/13/1959 (73)
Duncan Hines -- b.3/26/1880 d.3/15/1959 (78)
Lester "Pres" Young -- b.8/27/1909 N.S. d.3/15/1959 N.S. (49)
John Sailling -- b.5/15/1856 d.3/16/1959 (102)
Howard Ehmke -- b.4/24/1894 d.3/17/1959 (64)
Raymond Chandler -- b.7/23/1888 d.3/26/1959 (70)
Grant Withers -- b.1/17/1905 N.S. d.3/27/1959 N.S. (54)
Johnny Allen -- b.9/30/1905 d.3/29/1959 (53)
Benjamin Christensen -- b.9/28/1879 d.4/2/1959 (79)
Russell Bowie -- b.8/24/1880 d.4/8/1959 (78)
Frank Lloyd Wright -- b.6/8/1867 d.4/9/1959 (91)
James Gleason -- b.5/23/1882 d.4/12/1959 (76)
Charles Halton -- b.3/16/1876 d.4/16/1959 (83)
Irving Cummings -- b.10/9/1888 d.4/18/1959 (70)
Edward Johnson -- b.8/22/1878 d.4/20/1959 (80)
Omaha -- b.3/24/1932 d.4/24/1959 (27)
Carlos Saavedra Lamas -- b.11/1/1878 d.5/5/1959 (80)
Hal McIntyre -- b.11/29/1914 d.5/5/1959 (44)
Sidney Bechet -- b.5/14/1897 d.5/14/1959 (62)
Joe Cook -- b.3/29/1890 d.5/15/1959 (69)
Mort Lindsey -- b.12/20/1888 d.5/16/1959 (70)
William Wright -- b.11/4/1871 d.5/16/1959 (87)
John Foster Dulles -- b.2/25/1888 d.5/24/1959 (71)
Joe Kelly -- b.5/31/1902 d.5/26/1959 (56)
Edward A. "Big Ed" Walsh -- b.5/14/1881 N.S. d.5/26/1959 N.S. (78)
George Chesebro -- b.7/29/1888 d.5/28/1959 (70)
Sam Rohmer -- b.2/15/1883 d.6/1/1959 (76)
Charles Vidor -- b.7/27/1900 d.6/4/1959 (58)
Jimmie Greer -- b.3/17/1902 d.6/4/1959 (57)
Michael Riley "Mickey" Galitzen -- b.9/6/1909 N.S. d.6/6/1959 N.S. (49)
George Reeves -- b.1/5/1914 d.6/16/1959 (45)
Heitor Villa-Lobos -- b.3/5/1887 d.6/17/1959 (72)
Ethel Barrymore -- b.8/15/1879 d.6/18/1959 (79)
Bruce Harlan -- b.1/2/1926 N.S. d.6/22/1959 N.S. (33)
Hago Harrington -- b.10/13/1903 N.S. d.7/1/1959 N.S. (55)
George Grosz -- b.7/26/1893 d.7/6/1959 (65)
Harry Yarnell -- b.10/18/1875 d.7/7/1959 (83)
Frank Vaughn -- b.2/18/1902 d.7/9/1959 (57)
Shadow Wilson -- b.9/25/1919 N.S. d.7/11/1959 N.S. (39)
Ernest Bloch -- b.7/24/1880 d.7/15/1959 (78)
Billie "Lady Day" Holiday -- b.4/7/1915 N.S. d.7/17/1959 N.S. (44)
Eugene Meyer -- b.10/31/1875 d.7/17/1959 (83)
Harry Fox II -- b.5/25/1882 d.7/20/1959 (77)
Ralph Savidge -- b.2/3/1879 d.7/22/1959 (80)
Jean Behra -- b.2/16/1921 d.8/1/1959 (38)
Edgar Albert Guest -- b.8/20/1881 d.8/5/1959 (77)
Preston Sturges -- b.8/29/1898 d.8/6/1959 (60)
Dr. William A. Hinton -- b.12/15/1883 d.8/7/1959 (75)
Johnny Burnett -- b.11/1/1904 d.8/12/1959 (54)
Henry Garat -- b.4/3/1902 d.8/13/1959 (57)
Benny Fields -- b.6/14/1894 d.8/16/1959 (65)
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. -- b.10/30/1882 N.S. d.8/16/1959 N.S. (76)
Wanda Landowska -- b.7/5/1879 d.8/16/1959 (80)
"Blind" Willie McTell -- b.5/5/1901 d.8/19/1959 (58)
Sir Jacob Epstein -- b.11/10/1880 d.8/21/1959 (78)
David "Davie" Ditchburn Meiklejohn -- b.12/12/1900 d.8/22/1959 (58)
Bohuslav Martinů -- b.12/8/1890 N.S. d.8/28/1959 N.S. (68)
George Young -- b.10/3/1909 d.8/30/1959 (49)
Jack Norworth -- b.1/5/1879 d.9/1/1959 (80)
Jack Norville -- b.??/??/???? d.9/1/1959 (80)
Kay Kendall -- b.5/21/1926 d.9/6/1959 (33)
Edmund Gwenn -- b.9/26/1875 d.9/6/1959 (83)
Paul Douglas -- b.4/11/1907 d.9/11/1959 (52)
Gilbert Adrian -- b.3/3/1903 d.9/13/1959 (56)
Wayne Morris -- b.2/17/1914 d.9/14/1959 (45)
Omer Simeon -- b.7/21/1902 d.9/17/1959 (57)
Olin Howland -- b.2/10/1886 N.S. d.9/20/1959 N.S. (73)
Walter Bathe -- b.12/1/1892 N.S. d.9/21/1959 N.S. (66)
Abraham Flexner -- b.11/13/1866 d.9/21/1959 (92)
Jane Winton -- b.10/10/1905 d.9/22/1959 (53)
Helen Broderick -- b.8/11/1891 d.9/25/1959 (68)
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola -- b.1/30/1901 d.9/28/1959 (58)
Harold Huber -- b.12/5/1909 d.9/29/1959 (49)
Taylor Holmes -- b.5/16/1878 d.9/30/1959 (81)
William Bishop -- b.7/16/1917 d.10/3/1959 (42)
Bernard Berenson -- b.6/26/1865 d.10/6/1959 (94)
Mario Lanza -- b.1/31/1921 d.10/7/1959 (38)
Sir Henry Thomas Tizard -- b.4/23/1885 d.10/9/1959 (74)
Bert Bell -- b.2/25/1895 d.10/11/1959 (64)
Errol Flynn -- b.6/20/1909 d.10/14/1959 (50)
George Catlett Marshall -- b.12/31/1880 d.10/16/1959 (78)
Werner Krauss -- b.6/23/1884 d.10/20/1959 (75)
Olive Blakeney -- b.8/21/1899 d.10/21/1959 (60)
William Golden -- b.3/31/1911 d.10/23/1959 (48)
Minor "Ram" Hall -- b.3/2/1897 d.10/23/1959 (62)
Genevieve Cline -- b.7/27/1879 d.10/25/1959 (80)
Bob Murphy -- b.??/??/1917 d.10/25/1959 (42)
War Admiral -- b.5/2/1934 d.10/30/1959 (25)
Victor McLaglen -- b.12/10/1886 d.11/7/1959 (72)
Lupino Lane -- b.6/16/1892 d.11/10/1959 (67)
Charles T. R. Wilson -- b.2/14/1869 d.11/15/1959 (90)
Max Baer Sr. -- b.2/11/1909 d.11/21/1959 (50)
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory -- b.3/6/1884 d.11/22/1959 (75)
Dr. Lyman Bryson -- b.7/11/1888 d.11/24/1959 (71)
Gerard Philipe -- b.12/4/1922 d.11/25/1959 (36)
Albert W. Ketelbey -- b.8/9/1875 d.11/26/1959 (84)
Arthur Q. Bryan -- b.5/8/1900 d.11/30/1959 (59)
Avery Parrish -- b.1/24/1917 d.12/1/1959 (42)
Len Doyle -- b.2/2/1893 d.12/6/1959 (66)
Tony Canzoneri -- b.11/6/1908 d.12/9/1959 (51)
Walter Compton -- b.10/9/1912 d.12/9/1959 (47)
James "Sunny Jim" Bottomley -- b.4/23/1900 N.S. d.12/11/1959 N.S. (59)
Russell Simpson -- b.6/17/1880 d.12/12/1959 (79)
Charlie Johnson -- b.11/21/1891 d.12/13/1959 (68)
Edna Wallace Hopper -- b.1/17/1872 d.12/14/1959 (87)
Walt Williams -- b.11/14/1842 d.12/19/1959 (117)
Gilda Gray -- b.10/24/1901 d.12/22/1959 (58)
Lester Lonergan Jr. -- b.10/10/1893 d.12/23/1959 (66)
Edmund Goulding -- b.3/20/1891 d.12/24/1959 (68)
Alfonso Reyes -- b.5/17/1889 d.12/27/1959 (70)
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