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ANNETTE MILLS = ENGLISH = = Actress, Dancer and Broadcaster = = Partner of "Muffin the Mule" = |
Born: EDITH MABEL MILLS 1894 Wandsworth, London, ENGLAND | Died: 10 January 1955 |
61 | Heart Attack |
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CHARLES CUVILLIER = FRENCH = = Composer of Operettas = |
Born: 24 April 1877 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 14 February 1955 Paris, FRANCE |
77 | |
 CHARLIE PARKER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist = |
Born: CHARLES PARKER, Jr. 29 August 1920 Kansas City, Kansas, USA | Died: 12 March 1955 New York City, USA |
34 | Lobar Pneumonia, Bleeding Ulcer and Cirrhosis of Liver |
 OSKAR LINDBERG = SWEDISH = = Composer, Church Musician, Teacher and Professor = |
Born: OSKAR FREDRIK LINDBERG 23 February 1887 | Died: 10 April 1955 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
67 | |
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W. H. ANDERSON = ENGLISH-CANADIAN = = Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON 21 April 1882 London, ENGLAND | Died: 12 April 1955 Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA |
72 | |
 GEORGE ENESCU = ROMANIAN = = Composer, Violinist, Pianist, Conductor, and Teacher = |
Born: 19 August 1881 Liveni, in Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County, ROMANIA | Died: 4 May 1955 Paris, FRANCE |
73 | |
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OSKAR ADLER = AUSTRIAN = = Violinist and Music Critic = |
Born: 4 June 1875 | Died: 15 May 1955 |
79 | |
 FRANCESCO BALILLA PRATELLA = ITALIAN = = Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 1 February 1880 Lugo, ITALY | Died: 17 May 1955 Ravenna, ITALY |
75 | |
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MARCEL SAMUEL-ROUSSEAU = FRENCH = = Organist, Composer and Opera Producer = |
Born: 18 August 1882 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 11 June 1955 Paris, FRANCE |
72 | |
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WILLY BURKHARD = SWISS = = Composer = |
Born: 17 April 1900 Evilard, Canton of Bern, SWITZERLAND | Died: 18 June 1955 |
55 | |
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FRANCO CASAVOLA = ITALIAN = = Futurist Composer and Theorist = |
Born: 13 July 1891 Modugno, near Bari, ITALY | Died: 7 July 1955 Bari, ITALY |
63 | |
 ISAAK DUNAYEVSKY = SOVIET = = Film Composer and Conductor = |
Born: ISAAK OSIPOVICH DUNAYEVSKY 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1900 Lokhvitsa, Poltava Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 25 July 1955 Moscow, RUSSIA |
55 | Heart Attack |
 CARMEN MIRANDA = PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN = = Singer, Dancer and Actress = |
Born: MARIA DO CARMO MIRANDA DA CUNHA 9 February 1909 Marco de Canaveses, PORTUGAL | Died: 5 August 1955 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
46 | Heart Attack |
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EDGAR HENRICHSEN = DANISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 19 January 1879 | Died: 24 August 1955 |
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HARRY PARR-DAVIES = WELSH = = Composer and Songwriter = |
Born: HARRY PARR DAVIES 24 May 1914 Briton Ferry, Neath, SOUTH WALES | Died: 14 October 1955 London, ENGLAND |
41 | Perforated Ulcer |
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ADOLF MIŠEK = CZECH = = Double Bassist and Composer = |
Born: 29 August 1875 Modletín (then a part of the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE) | Died: 20 October 1955 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
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JERRY ROSS = AMERICAN = = Lyricist and Composer = |
Born: JEROLD ROSENBERG 9 March 1926 Bronx, New York City, USA | Died: 11 November 1955 |
29 | Complications related to the lung disease Bronchiectasis |
 GUY ROPARTZ = FRENCH BRETON = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: JOSEPH GUY MARIE ROPARTZ 15 June 1864 Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, FRANCE | Died: 22 November 1955 |
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 ARTHUR HONEGGER = SWISS = = Composer = |
Born: OSCAR-ARTHUR HONEGGER 10 March 1892 Le Havre, FRANCE | Died: 27 November 1955 Paris, FRANCE |
63 | Heart Attack |
 JOSIP ŠTOLCER-SLAVENSKI = YUGOSLAV, SERBIAN and CROATIAN = = Composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade = |
Born: 11 May 1896 Čakovec, CROATIA | Died: 30 November 1955 Belgrade, SERBIA |
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LUCIEN DUROSOIR = FRENCH = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 1878 | Died: 5 December 1955 |
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FRANZ SYBERG = DANISH = = Composer = |
Born: FRANZ ADOLF SYBERG 5 July 1904 Kerteminde, Funen, DENMARK | Died: 11 December 1955 Kerteminde, DENMARK |
51 | |
 BESSIE BROWN = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: 1890 Marysville, Ohio, USA | Died: 1955 Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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VERNON ISLEY = AMERICAN = = Original Isley Brother = |
Born: 1942 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Died: 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
13 | Killed in a bike accident |
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