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Notable Deaths - 1963

1963Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV

1963W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana

1963John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961-63), assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas at 46

1963Pope John XXIII [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81

1963Aldous Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69

1963C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Irish author (Silver Chair), dies at 64

1963Robert Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88

1963Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47

1963Sylvia Plath, American poet/novelist (Ariel), commits suicide at 30

1963Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30

1963 Deaths
Date Event
Jan 1
Filippo Del Giudice, Odd Man Out 
Jan 1
Robert S. Kerr, The Vanishing Oasis 
Jan 2
Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 
Jan 2
Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52 
Jan 2
Stan Rogers, A Day at the Races 
Jan 2
Dick Powell, Murder, My Sweet 
Jan 3
Oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83 
Jan 4
Harry Lewis, The Rebel Set 
Jan 5
Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66 
Jan 5
Rogers Hornsby, Screen Snapshots 
Jan 5
Jean Stapelveld, Wilton's Zoo 
Jan 5
Erik Strandmark, The Seventh Seal 
Jan 6
Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68 
Jan 7
Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876) 
Jan 7
May Boley, The Informer 
Jan 7
Roy Wade, Radar Men from the Moon 
Jan 7
Gustave Preiss, Nathan der Weise 
Jan 8
Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 
Jan 8
Kay Sage, American artist and poet commits suicide aged 64 
Jan 8
Jack Okey, It's a Wonderful Life 
Jan 8
Boris Morros, Stagecoach 
Jan 9
Cor Laurentius, Krates 
Jan 10
Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66 
Jan 10
Franz Planer, Breakfast at Tiffany's 
Jan 11
Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60 
Jan 12
Carl Stecker, Under Two Flags 
Jan 13
Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76 
Jan 13
Sonny Clark, Trainwreck 
Jan 13
Edo Mita, Decoy 
Jan 13
Ramón Gómez de la Serna, La grúa y la jirafa 
Jan 14
Gustav Regler, writer, dies at 64 
Jan 14
Gustav Regler, Brennendes Herz 
Jan 14
Graham Stuart, The Colonel 
Jan 15
Cesare Fantoni, Ercole e la regina di Lidia 
Jan 16
Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73 
Jan 16
Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918) 
Jan 16
Dan Sharits, Double Cinched 
Jan 16
Gilardo Gilardi, Los isleros 
Jan 17
Molly McGowan, The Love Charm 
Jan 17
Jean Aymé, Les vampires 
Jan 17
Robert Ford, The Conqueror 
Jan 18
Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies 
Jan 18
Cy Slocum, City Lights 
Jan 18
Frantisek Cerný, There Once Was a King... 
Jan 19
Bronislaw Romaniszyn, Bolek i Lolek 
Jan 20
Marguerite Pierry, Baby's Laxative 
Jan 20
Walter Hudd, The Importance of Being Earnest 
Jan 20
Hans Hemes, O' Schwarzwald, O' Heimat 
Jan 21
Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 
Jan 21
Franz Jung, writer, dies at 74 
Jan 21
Eduardo Sandrini, Juan Globo 
Jan 21
Al St. John, Riders of Destiny 
Jan 24
Czeslaw Raniszewski, A Generation 
Jan 24
Kenneth Western, Mister Cinders 
Jan 25
Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents 
Jan 26
John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 
Jan 27
John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 
Jan 28
Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday 
Jan 28
Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884) 
Jan 29
Robert Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 
Jan 29
Robert Frost, Fireflies in the Garden 
Jan 29
Anthony Coldeway, Marshal of Reno 
Jan 30
P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies 
Jan 30
Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899) 
Jan 30
Alasgar Alakbarov, Böyük dayaq 
Jan 30
Francis Poulenc, The Great Beauty 
Feb 1
Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (b. 1888) 
Feb 1
Wyndham Standing, Imitation of Life 
Feb 2
Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77 
Feb 2
Herman Bouber, Bleeke Bet 
Feb 3
Rolf Meyer, Das Bad auf der Tenne 
Feb 5
Ödön Barsi, Isten rabjai 
Feb 6
Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 
Feb 6
Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77 
Feb 6
Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician 
Feb 7
Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) 
Feb 7
Edna West, Haunted House 
Feb 8
Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48 
Feb 8
George Dolenz, Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55 
Feb 9
George Chirello, Macbeth 
Feb 11
Sylvia Plath, American poet/novelist (Ariel), commits suicide at 30 
Feb 11
Aribert Grimmer, The Crucible 
Feb 12
Varsham Yeremyan, Alisher Navoy 
Feb 12
Kirsten Monrad-Aas, Hans bröllopsnatt 
Feb 13
Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies 
Feb 15
Edgardo Donato, Scent of a Woman 
Feb 16
Laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70 
Feb 16
Laszlo Lajtha, Murder in the Cathedral 
Feb 17
Zofia Dobrzanska, Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami 
Feb 17
István Rozsos, It Happened in Europe 
Feb 18
Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 
Feb 18
Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 
Feb 18
James Brock, The Magic Sword 
Feb 20
Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) 
Feb 20
Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. 1879) 
Feb 20
Ferenc Fricsay, Don Giovanni 
Feb 21
Henry Hastings, Fury and the Woman 
Feb 22
Jack Eagan, Frankenstein 
Feb 22
Arthur Guy Empey, The Midnight Flyer 
Feb 23
Louise Kooiman, Willem van Oranje 
Feb 23
Burges Johnson, Saved by Parcel Post 
Feb 24
Camillo Kossuth, Maresi 
Feb 26
Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74 
Feb 26
Martti Seilo, Niskavuoren Heta 
Feb 26
Artturi Leinonen, Härmästä poikia kymmenen 
Feb 26
Arthur Vinton, Dames 
Feb 28
Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 
Feb 28
Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (b. 1884) 
Feb 28
Theodore Newton, Friendly Persuasion 
Feb 28
Eppa Rixey, 1915 World's Championship Series 
Mar 1
Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893) 
Mar 1
Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) 
Mar 1
Irish Meusel, Slide, Kelly, Slide 
Mar 2
James B. Hendryx, The Texan 
Mar 4
William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 
Mar 4
William Carlos Williams, 26 Summer Street 
Mar 5
Cyril Smith, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70 
Mar 5
Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41 
Mar 5
Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30 
Mar 5
Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913) 
Mar 5
Harold Hawkshaw Hawkins, Episode #2.7 
Mar 6
Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91 
Mar 6
Robert E. Cornish, Life Returns 
Mar 6
Mantaro Kubota, The Song Lantern 
Mar 7
Madge Crane, All This, and Heaven Too 
Mar 7
Joachim Holst-Jensen, Nine Lives 
Mar 8
John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies 
Mar 9
Werner Beumelburg, In Battle Versus the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain 
Mar 11
Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies 
Mar 12
Jean Mihail, România 
Mar 13
Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912) 
Mar 14
Carlos Villatoro, Los dineros del diablo 
Mar 15
Wyndham Martin, Pawns and Queens 
Mar 17
William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91 
Mar 17
Ray Creighton, It Happened One Night 
Mar 18
Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895) 
Mar 18
Wanda Hawley, The Affairs of Anatol 
Mar 20
Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 
Mar 20
Grace Hayle, The Great Dictator 
Mar 20
Emile Seylis, Moïse et Salomon parfumeurs 
Mar 20
Sakuko Yanagi, Koi yori butai 
Mar 21
Julie Meijer, Het wrak van de Noorzee 
Mar 21
Felice Minotti, Maciste I 
Mar 22
Abe Ellstein, A Good Year 
Mar 22
Mihály Székely, Erkel 
Mar 23
Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship 
Mar 24
Franz Böheim, Sissi 
Mar 25
David Moore, US feather weight boxer, dies at 29 
Mar 26
Nikolai Nikitin, Parizhskiy sapozhnik 
Mar 26
Wilhelm Schmidt, Kleider machen Leute 
Mar 26
Beatrice Curtis, Souls in Pawn 
Mar 28
Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 
Mar 28
Fortune Gallo, I pagliacci 
Mar 28
Antoine Balpêtré, Diary of a Country Priest 
Mar 28
Ben Pivar, The Mummy's Hand 
Mar 29
Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64 
Mar 30
Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69 
Mar 30
Walter Daniels, The Facts of Life 
Apr 1
Agnes Mowinckel, Proletargeniet 
Apr 2
Lyubomir Bobchevski, Lyubimetz 13 
Apr 3
Donald Jahraus, Quo Vadis 
Apr 4
Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 
Apr 4
Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70 
Apr 4
Jason Robards Sr., Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 
Apr 5
Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 
Apr 5
Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78 
Apr 6
Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897) 
Apr 6
Mabel Willebrandt, American Justice: Target - Mafia 
Apr 8
Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies 
Apr 9
Edwin B. Edwards, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
Apr 9
Vernon Stallings, Dumbo 
Apr 11
Nat G. Deverich, The Power of Love 
Apr 11
Ellen Aggerholm, The Three Comrades 
Apr 11
Nando Bruno, Rome, Open City 
Apr 12
Wolle Weiner, Kesäyön unelma 
Apr 12
Mark Hamilton, Smoke Bellew 
Apr 13
Howard Snyder, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 
Apr 14
Anna Borg, De kloge og vi gale 
Apr 14
Earl Gunn, Billy the Kid 
Apr 15
Edward "Carji" Greeves, Australian rules footballer (b. 1903) 
Apr 15
Camille Guérini, Diabolique 
Apr 15
Jack Haring, Ladies of the Mob 
Apr 16
Al Goering, The Day of the Locust 
Apr 18
Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death 
Apr 18
Meyer Jacobstein, American politician (b. 1880) 
Apr 19
M.M. Stearns, Carmen 
Apr 21
Marcel Delaître, Le Corbeau: The Raven 
Apr 23
Frederick Peters, White Zombie 
Apr 23
Pál Fejös, Lonesome 
Apr 24
Claude Orval, Les détectives du dimanche 
Apr 27
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Intermezzo 
Apr 27
Julia S. Marshbanks, Intruder in the Dust 
Apr 30
Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74 
Apr 30
William C. Mellor, Giant 
Apr 30
Bryant Washburn, The Wizard of Oz 
Apr 30
Giovanni Grasso, Sentinels of Bronze 
May 1
Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879) 
May 1
Gertrude Purcell, Destry Rides Again 
May 1
Sam Nelson, Some Like It Hot 
May 2
Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies 
May 2
Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17 
May 2
Van Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77 
May 3
Ethel Irving, Call Me Mame 
May 3
Hal Le Sueur, No Fancy Cowboys 
May 5
Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies 
May 5
Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 
May 5
Mary Lou Dix, The Peppery Salt 
May 5
Jane Romeyn, The Obsolete Man 
May 6
Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 
May 6
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881) 
May 6
Luigi Almirante, I'll Give a Million 
May 7
Max Miller, Hoots Mon 
May 10
Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931) 
May 10
Gene 'Big Daddy' Lipscomb, 1959 NFL Championship Game 
May 11
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888) 
May 12
Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 
May 12
Bobby Kerr, Canadian runner (b. 1882) 
May 12
Natasha Lytess, Once Upon a Honeymoon 
May 12
Ernst Marischka, Sissi 
May 13
Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. 1885) 
May 16
Luigi Bartolini, Bicycle Thieves 
May 17
John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888) 
May 18
Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939) 
May 20
Gene Holland, Song of the South 
May 21
Ilona Titkos, Európa nem válaszol 
May 22
Pierre Rocher, Jenny 
May 22
Byron Morgan, Sons of the Desert 
May 23
Eddy Howard, The Green Mile 
May 24
Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack 
May 25
Henry Shostac, Swiss Miss 
May 26
Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 
May 27
Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered 
May 28
Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 
May 28
Irwin Hasselmann, Elly Petersen 
May 28
Vissarion Shebalin, The Great Glinka 
May 28
Art Howard, The Reckless Way 
May 29
Charles-Félix Tavano, Ce bon Monsieur Durand 
May 31
Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 
May 31
Edith Hamilton, The Trojan Women 
May 31
Lew Leary, Psycho 
Jun 1
Frank Iwanaga, Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
Jun 2
Gustav Abel, Das vierte Gebot 
Jun 3
Pope John XXIII [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 
Jun 3
Paul Maxey, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57 
Jun 3
Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902) 
Jun 3
Paul Maxey, The Narrow Margin 
Jun 4
Dorothy Short, Reefer Madness 
Jun 4
Frederik Schack-Jensen, Circus Queen 
Jun 5
Lechoslaw Litwinski, Black Cross 
Jun 5
Milton Carter, The Night of the Hunter 
Jun 7
Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 
Jun 8
Sickan Castegren, Gustaf Wasa, Part One 
Jun 9
Maurice Barrett, Use Your Imagination 
Jun 10
Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74 
Jun 11
Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 
Jun 12
Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 
Jun 12
Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37 
Jun 12
Ludwig Linkmann, Das Pflichtmandat 
Jun 12
Andrew Cunningham, At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army 
Jun 12
Medgar Evers, The Last White Knight 
Jun 13
Cecil Noe, A Chump at Oxford 
Jun 16
J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 
Jun 16
James J. Geller, Rookie of the Year 
Jun 16
Willard Van der Veer, The Crawling Hand 
Jun 17
Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79 
Jun 17
John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Devils), dies 
Jun 17
Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill: The Final Victory 
Jun 18
Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912) 
Jun 18
Pedro Armendáriz, From Russia with Love 
Jun 18
Ruth Wightman, The Ace of Hearts 
Jun 20
Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 
Jun 20
Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs 
Jun 20
Ralph Sanford, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64 
Jun 20
Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898) 
Jun 20
Ralph Sanford, Champion 
Jun 21
J. Edward Reynolds, Plan 9 from Outer Space 
Jun 22
Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913) 
Jun 22
Earl Gordon Bostwick, The Phantom of the Opera 
Jun 22
Elisabeth Frederiksen, Kongen af Pelikanien 
Jun 26
Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies 
Jun 26
Lilly Jansen, Enhver 
Jun 28
Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 HRs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 
Jun 28
Olive Sloane, Seven Days to Noon 
Jun 29
Richard LeGrand, Gildersleeve's Ghost 
Jun 29
Frank Dane, Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel 
Jun 29
Dan Sheridan, Gun City 
Jun 29
Lou Rusoff, The She-Creature 
Jul 1
Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies 
Jul 1
Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Stronger Than Love 
Jul 2
Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter, dies at 71 
Jul 3
Ferry Wunsch, Herzausreisser - Neues vom Wienerlied 
Jul 3
Janina Niczewska, Dzis w nocy umrze miasto 
Jul 4
Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66 
Jul 4
Grant Richards, actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48 
Jul 4
Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889) 
Jul 4
Grant Richards, Love of Life 
Jul 5
Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76 
Jul 6
Geneviève Guitry, My Last Mistress 
Jul 8
Zbigniew Wójcik, The Eighth Day of the Week 
Jul 9
Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 
Jul 10
John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 
Jul 10
Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893) 
Jul 10
Elmira Ross, Broadway Rhythm 
Jul 11
Herbert T. Kalmus, The Viking 
Jul 13
Jack Wagner, A Medal for Benny 
Jul 14
Russell Janney, The Miracle of the Bells 
Jul 17
Mac Hyman, No Time for Sergeants 
Jul 18
A H C Cooper, South African cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies 
Jul 20
William Rhinehart, Mr. Soft Touch 
Jul 20
Arthur Stander, Opie's Charity 
Jul 21
Charles Watt, King Kong 
Jul 23
Clay Boland, Last Orders 
Jul 24
Sive Norden, En karl i köket 
Jul 25
Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877) 
Jul 25
Leota Lane, Three Hollywood Girls 
Jul 25
Wong Chung, King of Chinatown 
Jul 25
Johnnie Scott, Ain't Misbehavin' 
Jul 26
Arthur S. Lyons, Ruthless 
Jul 26
Artyom Lusinyan, Giorgi Saakadze (2 seria) 
Jul 27
Dorian Le Gallienne, The Dance of the Angels: Ceramic Sculptures by John Perceval 
Jul 29
Dave Smith, cricketer (2 Tests in 1912 Australian side), dies 
Jul 29
Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48 
Jul 29
Nancy Evans, Life with Father 
Jul 30
Iphigenie Castiglioni, Funny Face 
Aug 1
Theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies 
Aug 2
Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 
Aug 4
Tom Keene, Plan 9 from Outer Space 
Aug 5
Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) 
Aug 5
Salvador Bacarisse, Of Time and the City 
Aug 6
Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 
Aug 7
Paul Helwig, Nothing But Trouble with Love 
Aug 7
Aleksandar-Aca Binicki, Matija Gubec 
Aug 8
Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72 
Aug 9
Ernest Bosnjak, Lazi mene radi 
Aug 10
Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60 
Aug 10
Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, dies at only 3 days 
Aug 10
Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1877) 
Aug 11
Clem Bevans, Saboteur 
Aug 14
Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 
Aug 14
Nutsa Chkheidze, Sakani 79 
Aug 15
John Powell, composer, dies at 80 
Aug 16
Lyudmila Chernyshyova, V dobryy chas! 
Aug 17
Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68 
Aug 17
Ed Gardner, Duffy's Tavern 
Aug 17
Richard Barthelmess, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 
Aug 19
Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890) 
Aug 20
Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879) 
Aug 21
John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies 
Aug 22
William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies 
Aug 22
Eric Johnston, The 33rd Annual Academy Awards 
Aug 22
Perry Ivins, Son of Frankenstein 
Aug 23
Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900) 
Aug 23
Mary Gordon, Bride of Frankenstein 
Aug 23
Boris Svoboda, Spring 
Aug 23
Glen Gray, Angel Heart 
Aug 24
Anna Wallin, Ett köpmanshus i skärgården 
Aug 26
Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67 
Aug 27
W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana 
Aug 27
Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877) 
Aug 27
Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888) 
Aug 27
Robert Pierce, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 
Aug 27
W.E.B. Du Bois,  
Aug 30
Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 
Aug 30
Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (b. 1911) 
Aug 30
E.J. Mannix, The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention 
Aug 31
George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris 
Aug 31
Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882) 
Aug 31
Georges Braque, Peintres et artistes montmartrois 
Sep 1
Guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR 
Sep 1
Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor, dies at 73 
Sep 3
Cruys Voorbergh, actor/director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64 
Sep 3
Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79 
Sep 3
Cruys Voorbergh, Schuld en boete 
Sep 4
Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77 
Sep 4
Robert Schuman, The Cold War: Act 1 - France 
Sep 4
Mikhail Romanov, Deti solntsa 
Sep 4
Jenö Danis, People on the Alps 
Sep 5
Jerzy Pichelski, Speed 
Sep 5
Harry Albiez, A Night at the Opera 
Sep 6
Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26 
Sep 6
Ivo Illuminati, Alba rossa 
Sep 8
Edwin Linkomies, Itsenäisyyspäivän juhlallisuudet 1959 
Sep 9
Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68 
Sep 9
Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies 
Sep 9
Max Helfman, What's God to Julius? 
Sep 12
Ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies 
Sep 12
Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63 
Sep 15
Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69 
Sep 15
Cynthia Wesley,  
Sep 17
Harry Leslie Keepers, Outcast 
Sep 20
Frank Tipper, Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat 
Sep 20
Rosemary Davies, The Mad Marriage 
Sep 21
Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899) 
Sep 21
Paulino Masip, La barraca 
Sep 22
Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies 
Sep 22
Arthur Higgins, The Sentimental Bloke 
Sep 26
Kurt Stieler, Weh dem der lügt 
Sep 27
Arthur Christiansen, The Day the Earth Caught Fire 
Sep 27
Walter Deming, Love's Law 
Sep 28
Joseph Petracca, The Proud Rebel 
Sep 29
Marek Szyszkowski, Kalosze szczescia 
Sep 30
Arnold Foster, composer, dies at 66 
Sep 30
William Podmore, A Christmas Carol 
Oct 3
Hilda Grenier, Kitty 
Oct 7
Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 
Oct 7
Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (M), dies of internal hemorrhage at 63 
Oct 7
Gustaf Gründgens, M 
Oct 7
Sophus Bernhard, Elly Petersen 
Oct 8
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist dies of a heart attack aged 54 
Oct 8
Remedios Varo,  
Oct 8
Rowland Leigh, The Charge of the Light Brigade 
Oct 8
Géza Berczy, Paul Street Boys 
Oct 9
Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer, dies at 85 
Oct 10
Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (b. 1893) 
Oct 11
Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 
Oct 11
Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 
Oct 11
Jean Cocteau, Beauty and the Beast 
Oct 13
Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies 
Oct 15
Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies 
Oct 15
Horton Smith. American golfer (b. 1908) 
Oct 17
Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 
Oct 17
Romualdo Tirado, La jaula de los leones 
Oct 18
Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 
Oct 20
Betty Jewel, Arizona Bound 
Oct 21
George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66 
Oct 21
Józef Franczak, last cursed soldier - anticommunist underground in Poland(b. 1918) 
Oct 22
Elvin M. Jellinek, American Physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, dies at 73 
Oct 23
Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 
Oct 23
Eric Heed, Toya 
Oct 24
Beverly Wills, actress (Beverly-I Married Joan), dies at 29 
Oct 24
Walter Doerry, Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein 
Oct 24
Douglas Croft, Yankee Doodle Dandy 
Oct 24
Beverly Wills, Some Like It Hot 
Oct 25
Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer, dies at 53 
Oct 26
Behzat Butak, Leblebici horhor aga 
Oct 28
Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81 
Oct 29
Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 
Oct 29
John M. Nickolaus, The Wizard of Oz 
Oct 29
Valerie Traxler, How Could You, Jean? 
Oct 29
Raymond Greenleaf, All the King's Men 
Oct 31
Henry Daniell, actor (Camille, Body Snatchers), dies at 69 
Nov 1
Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 
Nov 1
Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a coup at 62 
Nov 1
Elsa Maxwell, Public Deb No. 1 
Nov 2
Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 
Nov 6
Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier (Indonesia), dies at 52 
Nov 7
John S. Peters, Border Phantom 
Nov 8
Simon Jurovsky, composer, dies at 51 
Nov 8
Simon Jurovsky, St. Peter's Umbrella 
Nov 8
Chico De Verdi, The Night Is Young 
Nov 10
Otto Flake, writer, dies 
Nov 13
Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863) 
Nov 13
Thomas J. Crizer, The Kid Brother 
Nov 13
Muddy Ruel, 1949 MLB All-Star Game 
Nov 15
Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74 
Nov 15
Vladimir Skuybin, Na grafskikh razvalinakh 
Nov 16
Carlo Buti, Raging Bull 
Nov 19
Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50 
Nov 21
Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61 
Nov 21
Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71 
Nov 21
Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 
Nov 21
Pierre Blanchar, Wooden Crosses 
Nov 22
Aldous Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69 
Nov 22
Bikram Singh, Indies Lt-General (Kashmir), dies 
Nov 22
C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Irish author (Silver Chair), dies at 64 
Nov 22
Claude Floquet, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies 
Nov 22
Daulet Singh, Indies Lt-General, dies 
Nov 22
John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961-63), assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas at 46 
Nov 22
NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies 
Nov 22
William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 
Nov 22
Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905) 
Nov 22
J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer (b. 1924) 
Nov 22
John F. Kennedy, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment 
Nov 22
J.D. Tippit,  
Nov 22
Gerrit J. Lloyd, Abraham Lincoln 
Nov 22
Ben Hershfield, Girls Who Dare 
Nov 24
Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV 
Nov 24
Vladimir Rosing, Interrupted Melody 
Nov 24
Lee Harvey Oswald, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? 
Nov 26
Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano, dies 
Nov 26
Amelita Galli-Curci, Grave of the Fireflies 
Nov 28
Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55 
Nov 28
Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23 
Nov 28
Jon Dodson, The Wizard of Oz 
Nov 28
Tammy Windsor, The Little Shop of Horrors 
Nov 29
Gertrude Quinlan, Back Home and Broke 
Dec 1
Carl Koch, The Rules of the Game 
Dec 2
Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 
Dec 2
Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875) 
Dec 2
Illona Wieselmann, Afsporet 
Dec 2
Mario Zampi, Your Past Is Showing 
Dec 3
Victor Rietti, To Live in Peace 
Dec 4
Ralph Brooke, Bloodlust! 
Dec 5
Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies 
Dec 5
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58 
Dec 5
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892) 
Dec 5
Herbert Lehman, The March of Time: Volume 3, Number 11 
Dec 5
Emilius Jorgensen, Joan the Woman 
Dec 6
Jozef Goossenaerts, Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81 
Dec 8
Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) 
Dec 11
Barbara Read, Make Way for Tomorrow 
Dec 11
Gaston Bell, The Third Degree 
Dec 11
Zdzislaw Suwalski, Szczesciarz Antoni 
Dec 11
Anthony Collins, Sunny 
Dec 12
Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese film director (b. 1903) 
Dec 12
Theodor Heuss, Gedenkfeier zum 150. Todestag von Friedrich von Schiller am 9. Mai 1955 
Dec 13
Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 
Dec 13
Endre Rössler, Erkel 
Dec 14
Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39 
Dec 14
Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62 
Dec 14
Dinah Washington, Shutter Island 
Dec 14
Molly Day Thatcher, Rosemary 
Dec 14
Gustav Machatý, Ecstasy 
Dec 15
Rikidôzan, Yagate aozora 
Dec 16
Louis Weiss, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand 
Dec 17
Karen Stampe-Bendix, The Hostage 
Dec 17
George Meader, On the Town 
Dec 18
Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 
Dec 18
Gene Massett, Seventh Heaven 
Dec 19
Leo Qiacheli, The Golden Valley 
Dec 19
Warren Wilson, Hellzapoppin' 
Dec 20
Paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54 
Dec 20
Gustaw Morcinek, Czarne diamenty 
Dec 21
Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies 
Dec 21
Jack Hobbs,  
Dec 21
Harry Sharrock, Escapade 
Dec 21
William Telaak, The Phantom Planet 
Dec 21
Ernest Smith, Navajo 
Dec 23
Frank Whitbeck, Forecast 
Dec 23
Vida Hope, The Man in the White Suit 
Dec 24
Helmut Schreiber, Der Herrscher 
Dec 25
Tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67 
Dec 26
"Gorgeous George" Wagner, wrestler, dies 
Dec 27
Perry Ferguson, Rope 
Dec 28
Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies 
Dec 28
Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68 
Dec 28
Alyce Canfield, Models Inc. 
Dec 28
A.J. Liebling, Ring Around the Clock 
Dec 28
Paul Hindemith, Nouvelle vague 
Dec 28
Elsie Cort, The Law of the Border 
Dec 29
John Hollingsworth, Horror of Dracula 
Dec 30
David Burton, Fighting Caravans 
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