Famous Deaths In 1955

Jul 17 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1955.  

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

Jul 22 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 09 On this day in history marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57  

Aug 12 Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 in the year 1955.  

Aug 14 Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 in the year 1955.  

Aug 23 Reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896) died on this day in history.  

Aug 27 In the year 1955 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies  

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 In the year 1955 rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 07 In the year 1955 earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81  

Sep 08 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Sep 10 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Sep 12 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 in the year 1955.  

Sep 14 On this day in history f C Weiskopf, writer, dies  

Sep 16 In the year 1955 leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81  

Sep 19 John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894) died on this day in history.  

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

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 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 In the year 1955 alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies  

Oct 09 On this day in history alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65  

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 in the year 1955.  

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

Oct 19 John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41 in the year 1955.  

Oct 20 In the year 1955 eino Roiha, composer, dies at 51  

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

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 in the year 1955.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl)  

Jan 07 Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy) was born in the year 1955.  

Jan 08 In the year 1955 birth of mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)  

Jan 08 Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer was born on this day in history.