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HANK WILLIAMS Sr = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Musician = |
Born: HIRAM KING "HANK" WILLIAMS 17 September 1923 Mount Olive, Alabama, USA | Died: 1 January 1953 Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA |
29 | Heart Failure |
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ARTHUR WOOD = ENGLISH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 24 January 1875 Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 18 January 1953 London, ENGLAND |
78 | |
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GUSTAV STRUBE = GERMAN-born = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 3 March 1867 Ballenstedt, GERMANY | Died: 2 February 1953 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
75 | |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV = RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: SERGEI SERGEYEVICH PROKOFIEV 15/27 April 1891 Sontsovka (now Krasne, Krasnoarmiisk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern UKRAINE) | Died: 5 March 1953 Moscow, RUSSIA |
61 | |
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E. T. COOK = ENGLISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: EDGAR THOMAS COOK 18 March 1880 Worcester, ENGLAND | Died: 5 March 1953 |
72 | |
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IRÈNE BORDONI = CORSICAN-AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: 16 January 1885 Ajaccio, CORSICA | Died: 19 March 1953 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
68 | |
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ARTHUR FIELDS = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: ABRAHAM FINKELSTEIN 6 August 1884 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 29 March 1953 Largo, Florida, USA |
68 | |
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PETER DEROSE = AMERICAN = = Tin Pan Alley Composer = |
Born: 10 March 1900 New York City, USA | Died: 23 April 1953 New York City, USA |
53 | |
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KIKI "The Queen of Montparnasse" = FRENCH = = Artist's Model, Nightclub Singer, Actress, = = Memoirist, and Painter = |
Born: ALICE ERNESTINE PRIN 2 October 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte d'Or, FRANCE | Died: 29 April 1953 Montparnasse, FRANCE |
51 | Drug and Alcohol Related |
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LILY BRAYTON = ENGLISH = = Musical Theatre Star = |
Born: ELIZABETH BRAYTON 23 June 1876 Hindley, Greater Manchester, ENGLAND | Died: 30 April 1953 Dawlish, Devon, ENGLAND |
76 | |
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MABEL LOVE = BRITISH = = Dancer and Stage Actress = |
Born: 16 October 1874 Folkestone, ENGLAND | Died: 15 May 1953 Weybridge, Surrey, ENGLAND |
78 | |
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DJANGO REINHARDT = BELGIAN-born FRENCH = = Jazz Guitarist = |
Born: JEAN REINHARDT 23 January 1910 Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, BELGIUM | Died: 16 May 1953 Fontainebleau, FRANCE |
43 | Brain Hemorrhage |
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FRANK MULLINGS = ENGLISH = = Tenor = |
Born: 10 March 1881 Walsall, Birmingham, ENGLAND | Died: 19 May 1953 Manchester, ENGLAND |
72 | |
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DOOLEY WILSON = AMERICAN = = Actor, Singer and Pianist = |
Born: ARTHUR WILSON 3 April 1886 Tyler, Texas, USA | Died: 30 May 1953 Los Angeles, California, USA |
67 | |
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FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 9 April 1887 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | Died: 3 June 1953 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
66 | |
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GRZEGORZ FITELBERG = POLISH = = Conductor, Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 18 October 1879 Daugavpils, LATVIA | Died: 10 June 1953 Katowice, POLAND |
73 | |
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JULES VAN NUFFEL = BELGIAN = = Priest, Musicologist and Composer = |
Born: 21 March 1883 Hemiksem, BELGIUM | Died: 25 June 1953 Wilrijk, BELGIUM |
70 | |
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TITTA RUFFO = ITALIAN = = Operatic Bbaritone = |
Born: RUFFO TITTA 9 June 1877 Pisa, ITALY | Died: 5 July 1953 Florence, ITALY |
76 | Heart Disease |
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BERNHARD VAN DEN SIGTENHORST MEYER = DUTCH = = Composer = |
Born: 17 June 1888 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS | Died: 17 July 1953 The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS |
65 | |
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FRIEDRICH SCHORR = AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN = = Operatic Bass-Baritone = |
Born: 2 September 1888 Oradea [Nagyvarad at the time], ROMANIA | Died: 14 August 1953 Farmington, Connecticut, USA |
64 | |
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DARRELL FANCOURT = ENGLISH = = Bass-Baritone = |
Born: DARRELL LOUIS FANCOURT LEVERSON 8 March 1886 Kensington, London, ENGLAND | Died: 29 August 1953 |
67 | |
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JACQUES THIBAUD = FRENCH = = Violinist = |
Born: 27 September 1880 Bordeaux, FRANCE | Died: 1 September 1953 FRANCE |
72 | Air Crash |
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ROGER QUILTER = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: ROGER CUTHBERT QUILTER 1 November 1877 Hove, Brighton, ENGLAND | Died: 21 September 1953 London, ENGLAND |
75 | |
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Sir ARNOLD BAX = ENGLISH = = Composer, Poet and Author = |
Born: ARNOLD EDWARD TREVOR BAX 8 November 1883 Streatham, London, ENGLAND | Died: 3 October 1953 Cork, IRELAND |
69 | Heart Failure |
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KATHLEEN FERRIER = ENGLISH = = Contralto = |
Born: KATHLEEN MARY FERRIER 22 April 1912 Higher Walton, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 8 October 1953 London, ENGLAND |
41 | Cancer |
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MARGUERITE D'ALVAREZ = ENGLISH = = Operatic Contralto = |
Born: 1886 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 18 October 1953 Alassio, ITALY |
67 | |
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EDUARD KÜNNEKE = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 27 January 1885 Emmerich, GERMANY | Died: 27 October 1953 |
68 | |
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THEODORA MORSE = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: ALFREDA THEODORA STRANDBERG 11 July 1883 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 10 November 1953 White Plains, New York, USA |
70 | |
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RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: RUTH PORTER CRAWFORD 3 July 1901 East Liverpool, Ohio, USA | Died: 18 November 1953 Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA |
52 | Intestinal Cancer |
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LARRY SHIELDS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: LAWRENCE JAMES SHIELDS 13 September 1893 New Orleans, USA | Died: 21 November 1953 Los Angeles, California, USA |
60 | |
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IVOR ATKINS = BRITISH = = Organist and Choirmaster = |
Born: IVOR ALGERNON ATKINS 29 November 1869 Llandaff, WALES | Died: 26 November 1953 Worcester, ENGLAND |
83 | |
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NOEL MEWTON-WOOD = AUSTRALIAN-born = = Pianist = |
Born: 20 November 1922 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA | Died: 5 December 1953 |
31 | Suicide by Poisoning |
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JORGE NEGRETE = MEXICAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: JORGE ALBERTO NEGRETE MORENO 30 November 1911 Guanajuato, Guanajuato, MEXICO | Died: 5 December 1953 Los Angeles, USA |
42 | Hepatitis |
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ISSAY ALEXANDROVICH DOBROWEN = RUSSIAN/SOVIET-NORWEGIAN = = Pianist, Conductor and Composer = |
Born: ITSCHOK ZORACHOVITCH BARABEITCHIK 27 February [O.S. 15 February] 1891 Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 9 December 1953 Oslo, NORWAY |
62 | |
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ALBERT COATES = ENGLISH = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 23 April 1882 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA | Died: 11 December 1953 Milnerton, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA |
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VIOLET MacMILLAN = AMERICAN = = Actress in Broadway theatre productions, = = vaudeville, and silent films = |
Born: 4 March 1887 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Died: 29 December 1953 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
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