- January 20
- James Connolly, first Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies. [1]
- January 21
- Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at age 87. [1]
- January 24
- Daniel Taylor, cricket player (brother of Herbie, two Tests for South Africa 1914), dies. [1]
- January 28
- Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at age 88. [1]
- January 30
- Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 1
- Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshal (Stalingrad), dies at age 66. [1]
- February 2
- Valéry Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 4
- Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at age 66. [1]
- February 9
- Miklós Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian Admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at age 88. [1]
- February 10
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Prarie), dies at age 90. [1]
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- February 12
- Johannes Anker Larsen; Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 16
- Leslie Hore-Belisha [Lord Halifax], British Minister of Transport, dies at age 63. [1]
- February 18
- Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies. [1]
- February 22
- Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer - Buck Rogers), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 25
- Mark Aldanov [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 2
- Harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 11
- Richard E Byrd, American explorer (Antarctica), dies at age 68. [1] [5]
- March 12
- Harry Dean, cricket player (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies. [1]
- Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 13
- Lena Ashwell, English actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at age 84. [1]
- March 16
- Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian Member of Parliament (communist), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 17
- Ramon Magsaysay, President of Philippines, dies in a plane crash. [1]
- March 26
- Max Ophüls [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director (Caught, Exile), dies. [1]
- March 29
- Joyce A L Cary; English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 31
- Gene Lockhart, American actor (Going My Way), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 1
- Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 1939-40), dies. [1]
- April 8
- Frank Chester; cricket player (distinguished one-armed England Test ump), dies. [1]
- April 19
- Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls), dies at age 76. [1]
- Johan W Albarda, first Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at age 79. [1]
- April 22
- Ignatius Roy D Campbell; British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at age 54. [1]
- April 23
- William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at age 89. [1]
- April 24
- Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at age 84. [1]
- April 27
- Mario A Gianini, creator of the maraschino cherry, dies. [1]
- April 30
- Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at age 80. [1]
- May 1
- Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at age 82. [1]
- May 2
- Joseph McCarthy, communist-hunting American senator (Republican-Wisconsin), dies at age 47. [1]
- May 9
- Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Metropolitan Opera), dies. [1]
- May 12
- Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 21
- Edwin Saint Hill, cricket player (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies. [1]
- May 29
- George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 30
- Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies. [1]
- June 7
- Mrs Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies. [1]
- June 12
- Death of Jimmy Dorsey of lung cancer at age 53 in New York, USA; alto saxophonist and big band leader (Dorsey Brothers Band, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - "So Rare", "The Breeze and I", "Amapola", "Green Eyes", Stage Show TV show). [457]
- June 21
- Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde - My Friend Flicka), dies at age 68. [1]
- July 4
- Judy Tyler, actress (Princess - Howdy Doody), dies at age 24 in car crash. [1]
- July 8
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge, US first lady, dies at age 78. [1]
- William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at age 89. [1]
- July 15
- George Cleveland, actor (Grampa - Lassie), dies at age 74. [1]
- July 20
- Phil Hanna, singer ("Once Upon a Tune"), dies at age 46. [1]
- July 21
- Bernard Spooner, US inventor of bulletproof jacket, dies. [1]
- August 7
- Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy team, dies at age 65. [1] [5]
- September 7
- Death of Art Van Harvey at age 74; radio actor (Vic - Vic and Sade). [457]
- September 21
- Haakon VII, king of Norway, dies, Olaf succeeds him. [1]
- September 28
- Albert Ascoli, Italian who developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies. [1]
- October 11
- US Air Force Colonel Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn is killed in the crash of a Twin Beech plane in the Philippines. [158.86]
- October 24
- Christian Dior, French designer, dies at age 52 in Italy. [1]
- October 28
- Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of San Francisco 49ers, dies while watching a game. [1]
- October 29
- Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at age 71. [1]
- December 2
- Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at age 73. [1]
- December 8
- Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at age 55. [1]
- December 9
- Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies. [1]
- December 17
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 19
- John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at age 56. [1]
- December 25
- Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at age 87. [1]
- December 27
- Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at age 66. [1]
1958
- January 1
- David Broekman, musician ("Think Fast"), dies at age 55. [1]
- January 4
- Waverley John Anderson of Scotland, Viscount/Governor of Bengal, dies at age 75. [1]
- January 6
- Josephine, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at age 85. [1]
- January 7
- Dr Petru Groza, premier of Romania, dies at age 74. [1]
- January 9
- Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies. [1]
- January 13
- Edna Purviance, actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at age 61. [1]
- John Lindeboom; Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at age 75. [1]
- January 30
- Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WWII), dies at age 70. [1]
- February 3
- Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at age 42. [1]
- February 4
- Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at age 46. [1]
- February 5
- Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at age 84. [1]
- February 7
- Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 10
- Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at age 42. [1]
- February 12
- Marcel Cachin, first communist French senator, dies at age 88. [1]
- February 13
- Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 20
- Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler - Topper), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 22
- Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in a New Mexico air crash. [1]
- February 24
- Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at age 86. [1]
- February 27
- Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack. [1]
- March 4
- Albert Kuyle [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at age 54. [1]
- March 8
- Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 12
- Princess Ingeborg of Sweden dies at age 79. [1]
- March 16
- Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26-inning game, dies at age 65. [1]
- March 19
- Vernon Ransford, cricket player (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies. [1]
- March 21
- Cyril M Kornbluth, American sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at age 34. [1]
- March 22
- Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at age 56. [1]
- March 26
- Phil Mead, cricket player (55061 first-class runs 1905-36), dies. [1]
- March 28
- Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies' homerun hitter, dies at age 53. [1]
- Death of William Christopher Handy at age 84 in New York, USA; conductor/composer ("St. Louis Blues" (1914)). [1] [457]
- April 4
- Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at age 78. [1]
- April 5
- Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at age 87. [1]
- April 10
- Death of Chuck Willis at age 30 after stomach surgery in an Atlanta hospital; rhythm-and-blues singer ("What Am I Living For", "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes"). [1] [457]
- April 18
- Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French Generalissmo (WWI, WWII), dies at age 85. [1]
- Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Joe Small, cricket player (West Indies all-rounder in 1928 series), dies. [1]
- May 3
- Frank Foster, cricket player (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies. [1]
- May 7
- Nyogen Senzaki, first Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at age 81. [1]
- May 9
- Death of Bill Goodwin of a heart attack at age 47; announcer (The Burns and Allen Show radio show, The Bob Hope Radio Show), spokesman (Swan Soap, Maxwell House Coffee, Carnation Evaporated Milk). [1] [457]
- May 15
- Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at age 91. [1]
- May 19
- Death of Ronald Colman at age 67 of a lung infection; host (Favorite Story radio show), actor (The Halls of Ivy radio and TV show, Prisoner of Zenda). [1] [457]
- May 22
- Magdalene Székely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at age 58. [1]
- May 25
- Rolland Beaumont, cricket player (5 Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]
- May 26
- Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traqué), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 27
- Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at age 46. [1]
- Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies. [1]
- May 29
- Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet (Nobel Prize 1956), dies at age 76. [1]
- July 1
- Dr Harry Nicholls Holmes, crystallized vitamin A, dies at age 78. [1]
- July 14
- Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty. King Faisal II, Prime Minister of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad. [1] [1215.811]
- July 19
- Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 pounds (473kg), dies at age 32. [1]
- July 25
- Death of Harry Warner at age 76; pioneer Hollywood film executive (Warner Bros.). [457]
- August 21
- Death of Walter Schumann at age 44 during open-heart surgery; choral director and composer (Ford Show, "Dragnet theme" (Emmy award)). [1] [457]
- August 27
- Dr Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel Prize 1939), dies at age 57. [1]
- October 9
- Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy. [1]
- October 12
- Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson - I Lived Three Lives), dies at age 30. [1]
- October 15
- Death of John Hamilton at age 61 after a heart attack; actor (Perry White - Superman TV show). [1] [457]
- November 15
- Actor Tyrone Power dies of a heart attack at age 44 during the filming of a fencing scene in Solomon and Sheba in Madrid, Spain. [1] [467]
- November 21
- Mel Ott, New York Giants baseball star (1926-1947), dies at age 49. [1]
- November 24
- Comedian Harry Einstein dies while performing at a Friars Club roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. [467]
- November 25
- Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at age 82. [1]
- December 13
- Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, is executed. [1]
- Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, is executed. [1]
- Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, is executed. [1]
- Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at age 66. [1]
- Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish - "Amos 'n' Andy"), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 21
- H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (Ten Commandments, New Moon), dies at age 83. [1]
- December 22
- Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at age 75. [1]
- Lion Feuchtwanger, German/US philosopher (Jüdische Krieg, Der falsche Nero), dies at age 74. [1]
- December 29
- Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at age 63. [1]
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