Famous Deaths In 1954

Jun 27 In the year 1954 francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83  

Jun 28 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Jul 03 Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895) died in the year 1954.  

Jul 06 Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70 in the year 1954.  

Jul 10 On this day in history death of calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877)  

Jul 13 Irving Pichel, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Jul 17 Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 in the year 1954.  

Jul 18 Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895) died in the year 1954.  

Jul 19 In the year 1954 jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81  

Jul 20 On this day in history blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52  

Jul 24 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Jul 26 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Jul 29 On this day in history death of coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)  

Jul 31 Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) died on this day in history.  

Aug 01 Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies in the year 1954.  

Aug 02 Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1954.  

Aug 03 Colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 In the year 1954 theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10]  

Aug 08 Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1954.  

Aug 11 In the year 1954 death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)  

Aug 13 Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Aug 17 Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77 in the year 1954.  

Aug 19 On this day in history alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73  

Aug 24 On this day in history death of getulio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71  

Sep 03 Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65 in the year 1954.  

Sep 05 On this day in history death of eugen Schiffer, German politician (b. 1860)  

Sep 07 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885) died on this day in history.  

Sep 09 In the year 1954 alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49  

Sep 10 In the year 1954 peter Anders, German opera singer, dies  

Sep 11 Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Sep 19 Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Sep 21 In the year 1954 death of kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)  

Sep 24 Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904) died in the year 1954.  

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Jan 02 Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972) was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 02 In the year 1954 birth of henry Bonilla, American politician  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)  

Jan 03 Ross The Boss, rocker was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 03 Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of ned Lamont, American businessman  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)