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JOSÉ ENRIQUE PEDREIRA = PUERTO RICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 2 February 1904 San Juan, PUERTO RICO | Died: 6 January 1959 San Juan, PUERTO RICO |
54 | |
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RITCHIE VALENS = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist = |
Born: RICHARD STEVEN VALENZUELA 13 May 1941 Pacoima, California, USA | Died: 3 February 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa, USA |
17 | Died in Plane Crash |
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BUDDY HOLLY = AMERICAN = = Musician and Singer/Songwriter = |
Born: CHARLES HARDIN HOLLEY 7 September 1936 Lubbock, Texas, USA | Died: 3 February 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa, USA |
22 | Died in Plane Crash |
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THE BIG BOPPER = AMERICAN = = Musician, Songwriter, and Disc Jockey = |
Born: JILES PERRY RICHARDSON 24 October 1930 Sabine Pass, Texas, USA | Died: 3 February 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa, USA |
28 | Died in Plane Crash |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL = AMERICAN = = Avant-Garde Composer, Pianist, Author and Inventor = |
Born: GEORGE JOHANN CARL ANTHEIL 8 July 1900 Trenton, New Jersey, USA | Died: 12 February 1959 New York City, USA |
58 | Heart Attack |
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WILLIAM AXT = AMERICAN = = Film Composer = |
Born: 19 April 1888 New York City, USA | Died: 13 February 1959 Ukiah, California, USA |
70 | |
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BABY DODDS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: WARREN DODDS 24 December 1898 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 14 February 1959 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
60 | |
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ERICH ZEISL = AUSTRIAN-born JEWISH AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 18 May 1905 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 18 February 1959 Los Angeles, USA |
53 | Heart Attack |
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MAXWELL ANDERSON = AMERICAN = = Playwright, Author, Poet, Journalist and Lyricist = |
Born: JAMES MAXWELL ANDERSON 15 December 1888 Atlantic, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 28 February 1959 Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
70 | |
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MACK GORDON = POLISH-born AMERICAN = = Composer and Lyricist = |
Born: MORRIS GITTLER 21 June 1904 Warsaw, POLAND | Died: 28 February 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
54 | |
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LESTER YOUNG = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: LESTER WILLIS YOUNG 27 August 1909 Woodville, Mississippi, USA | Died: 15 March 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
49 | Liver Disease and Malnutrition |
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BILLY MAYERL = ENGLISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM JOSEPH MAYERL 31 May 1902 London, ENGLAND | Died: 25 March 1959 Beaconsfield, ENGLAND |
56 | Heart Attack |
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SIDNEY BECHET = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: 14 May 1897 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 14 May 1959 Garches, near Paris, FRANCE |
62 | Lung Cancer |
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FRANK MARSHALL = SPANISH = = Catalan Pianist and Teacher = |
Born: FRANK MARSHALL KING 28 November 1883 Mataró, Catalonia, SPAIN | Died: 29 May 1959 Barcelona, SPAIN |
75 | |
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SONNIE HALE = ENGLISH = = Actor and Singer = |
Born: JOHN ROBERT HALE-MONRO 1 May 1902 Kensington, London, ENGLAND, UK | Died: 9 June 1959 London, ENGLAND, UK |
57 | Myelofibrosis |
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ERNEST BLOCH = SWISS-born AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 24 July 1880 Geneva, SWITZERLAND | Died: 15 July 1959 Portland, Oregon, USA |
78 | |
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BILLIE HOLIDAY = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Blues Singer = |
Born: ELEANORA FAGAN 7 April 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 17 July 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
44 | Liver and Heart Disease |
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WANDA LANDOWSKA = POLISH FRENCH = = Harpsichordist = |
Born: WANDA ALEKSANDRA LANDOWSKA 5 July 1879 Warsaw, POLAND | Died: 16 August 1959 Lakeville, Connecticut, USA |
80 | |
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PEDRO HUMBERTO ALLENDE = CHILEAN = = Composer and Ethnomusicologist = |
Born: PEDRO HUMBERTO ALLENDE SARÓN 29 July 1885 Santiago, CHILE | Died: 17 August 1959 |
74 | |
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BLIND WILLIE McTELL = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Guitarist = |
Born: WILLIAM SAMUEL McTIER 5 May 1898 Thomson, Georgia, USA | Died: 19 August 1959 Milledgeville, Georgia, USA |
61 | |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU = CZECH = = Composer = |
Born: 8 December 1890 in the tower of the St. Jakub Church in Polička, a town in Bohemia, close to the Moravian border CZECH REBUBLIC | Died: 28 August 1959 Liestal, SWITZERLAND |
68 | |
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JACK NORWORTH = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: JOHN GODFREY KNAUFF 5 January 1879 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 1 September 1959 Laguna Beach, California, USA |
80 | |
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KAY KENDALL = ENGLISH = = Musical Comedy Actress = |
Born: JUSTINE KAY KENDALL McCARTHY 21 May 1927 Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, ENGLAND, UK | Died: 6 September 1959 London, ENGLAND, UK |
32 | Leukaemia |
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OMER SIMEON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Clarinetist = |
Born: OMER VICTOR SIMEON 21 July 1902 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 17 September 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
57 | Throat Cancer |
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AGNES NICHOLLS = ENGLISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 14 July 1876 [some sources say 1877] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND | Died: 21 September 1959 London, ENGLAND |
83 | |
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JOSEF MATTHIAS HAUER = AUSTRIAN = = Composer and Music Theorist = |
Born: 19 March 1883 Wiener Neustadt, AUSTRIA | Died: 22 September 1959 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
76 | |
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JANE WINTON = AMERICAN = = Actress, Dancer, Operatic Soprano, Writer, and Painter = |
Born: 10 October 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 22 September 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
53 | |
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HELEN BRODERICK = AMERICAN = = Actress = |
Born: 11 August 1891 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 25 September 1959 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
68 | |
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GERARD HOFFNUNG = GERMAN-born ENGLISH = = Artist, Comedian, and Musician = |
Born: GERHARD HOFFNUNG 22 March 1925 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 28 September 1959 Hampstead, London, ENGLAND |
34 | Cerebral Haemorrhage |
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MARIO LANZA = AMERICAN = = Operatic Tenor and Actor = |
Born: ALFRED ARNOLD COCOZZA 31 January 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 7 October 1959 Rome, ITALY |
38 | Pulmonary Embolism |
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ALBERTO GUERRERO = CHILEAN-CANADIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: ANTONIO ALBERTO GARCÍA GUERRERO 6 February 1886 La Serena, CHILE | Died: 7 November 1959 |
73 | |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS = BRAZILIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 5 March 1887 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 17 November 1959 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
72 | |
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SAM M. LEWIS = AMERICAN = = Singer and Lyricist = |
Born: SAMUEL M. LEVINE 25 October 1885 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 22 November 1959 New York City, New York, USA |
74 | |
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CAMILLA PASINI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 8 November 1875 Rome, ITALY | Died: 23 November 1959 Rome, ITALY |
84 | |
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ALBERT KETÈLBEY = ENGLISH = = Composer, Conductor and Pianist = |
Born: ALBERT WILLIAM KETELBEY 9 August 1875 Aston, Birmingham, ENGLAND | Died: 26 November 1959 Isle of Wight, ENGLAND |
84 | |
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FRITZ BRUN = SWISS = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 18 August 1878 Lucerne, SWITZERLAND | Died: 29 November 1959 Grosshöchstetten, SWITZERLAND |
81 | |
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GILDA GRAY = AMERICAN = = Actress and Dancer = |
Born: MARIANNA MICHALSKA 24 October 1901 Kraków, Galicia-Lodomeria, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now POLAND) | Died: 22 December 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA |
58 | Heart Attack |
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CLOTILDE ARIAS = PERUVIAN-AMERICAN = = Lyricist and Composer = |
Born: 1901 Iquitos, PERÚ | Died: 1959 |
58 | |
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SUSAN METCALFE CASALS = AMERICAN = = Operatic Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: SUSAN S. METCALFE 1878 Florence, ITALY | Died: 1959 New Rochelle, New York, USA |
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