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 JEANNETTE MacDONALD = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: JEANETTE ANNA MacDONALD 18 June 1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 14 January 1965 Houston, Texas, USA |
61 | Heart Attack |
 ALAN FREED = AMERICAN = = DJ who first used the phrase Rock and Roll = |
Born: ALBERT JAMES FREED 15 December 1921 Windber, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 20 January 1965 Palm Springs, California, USA |
43 | Alcohol-related |
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REINO HELISMAA = FINNISH = = Singer-Songwriter, Musician and Scriptwriter = |
Born: REINO VIHTORI HELISMAA 12 July 1913 Helsinki, FINLAND | Died: 21 January 1965 Helsinki, FINLAND |
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 NAT KING COLE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Pianist = |
Born: NATHANIEL ADAMS COLES 17 March 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, USA | Died: 15 February 1965 Santa Monica, California, USA |
45 | Lung Cancer |
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LEO SIROTA = UKRAINIAN-born AMERICAN JEW = = Pianist = |
Born: 4 May 1885 Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolskaya Guberniya, RUSSIAN EMPIRE, now UKRAINE | Died: 25 February 1965 |
79 | |
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JÁN VALAŠTAN DOLINSKÝ = SLOVAK = = Composer, Teacher, Journalist, = = Esperantist and Collector of Folk Songs = |
Born: 15 February 1892 Békéscsaba (Békéšská Čaba), HUNGARY | Died: 2 March 1965 Nitra, SLOVAKIA |
73 | |
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ASADATA DAFORA = SIERRA LEONEAN = = Multidisciplinary Musician = |
Born: AUSTIN DAFORA HORTON 4 August 1890 Freetown, SIERRA LEONE | Died: 4 March 1965 Harlem, New York City, USA |
74 | |
 TADD DAMERON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist and Composer = |
Born: TADLEY EWING PEAKE DAMERON 21 February 1917 Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Died: 8 March 1965 |
48 | Cancer |
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HARRY TIERNEY = AMERICAN = = Musical Theatre Composer = |
Born: HARRY AUSTIN TIERNEY 21 May 1890 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA | Died: 22 March 1965 New Rochelle, New York, USA (buried) |
74 | |
 ZLATKO BALOKOVIĆ = CROATIAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 21 March 1895 Zagreb, CROATIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 29 March 1965 Venice, ITALY |
70 | |
 LA BELLE OTERO = GALICIAN-born = = Actress, Dancer and Courtesan = |
Born: AUGUSTINA OTERO IGLESIAS 4 November 1868 Valga, Pontevedra, Galicia (SPAIN) | Died: 12 April 1965 Nice, FRANCE |
96 | |
 SPIKE JONES = AMERICAN = = Comedy Musician = |
Born: LINDLEY ARMSTRONG JONES 14 December 1911 Long Beach, California, USA | Died: 1 May 1965 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
53 | Emphysema |
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GEORGE MELACHRINO = ENGLISH = = Conductor, Singer and Composer = |
Born: GEORGE MILTIADES 1 May 1909 London, ENGLAND | Died: 18 June 1965 |
56 | |
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WILLIE DENNIS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist = |
Born: WILLIAM DeBERARDINIS 10 January 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 8 July 1965 New York City, New York, USA |
39 | Car Crash |
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SPENCER WILLIAMS = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Singer and Composer = |
Born: 14 October 1889 New Orleans, USA | Died: 14 July 1965 Flushing, New York, USA |
75 | |
 ALBERT SCHWEITZER = FRENCH-GERMAN = = Theologian, Organist, Philosopher, and Physician = |
Born: 14 January 1875 Kaysersberg, Alsace-Lorraine, GERMANY (now Haut-Rhin, FRANCE) | Died: 4 September 1965 Lambaréné, GABON |
90 | |
 DOROTHY DANDRIDGE = AMERICAN = = Actress, Dancer and Singer = |
Born: DOROTHY JEAN DANDRIDGE 9 November 1922 Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Died: 8 September 1965 West Hollywood, California, USA |
42 | Embolism or Drug Overdose |
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BOBBY JORDAN = AMERICAN = = Actor and Musician = |
Born: ROBERT G. JORDAN 1 April 1923 Harrison, New York, USA | Died: 10 September 1965 Los Angeles, California, USA |
42 | Cirrhosis of Liver |
 STEVE BROWN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: THEODORE BROWN 13 January 1890 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 15 September 1965 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
75 | |
 BILL BLACK = AMERICAN = = Musician = |
Born: WILLIAM PATTON BLACK Jr 17 September 1926 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 21 October 1965 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
39 | Brain Tumour |
 HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH = GERMAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 12 March 1888 Elberfeld, today's Wuppertal, GERMANY | Died: 25 October 1965 Munich, GERMANY |
77 | |
 PETER LA FARGE = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: OLIVER ALBEE LA FARGE 30 April 1931 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 27 October 1965 New York City, New York, USA |
34 | Cause Uncertain |
 EDGARD VARÈSE = FRENCH-born AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: EDGARD VICTOR ACHILLE CHARLES VARÈSE 22 December 1883 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 6 November 1965 |
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CLARENCE WILLIAMS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Composer, Promoter, Vocalist, = = Theatrical Producer, and Publisher = |
Born: 8 October 1893 or 1898 Plaquemine, Louisiana, USA | Died: 6 November 1965 Queens, New York, USA |
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LOU BLACK = AMERICAN = = Banjo Player = |
Born: LOUIS THOMAS BLACK 8 June 1901 Rock Island, Illinois, USA | Died: 18 November 1965 Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
64 | Heart Attack |
 Dame MYRA HESS = BRITISH = = Pianist = |
Born: JULIA MYRA HESS 25 February 1890 Kilburn, London, ENGLAND | Died: 25 November 1965 London, ENGLAND |
75 | Heart Attack |
 HANK D'AMICO = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Swing Clarinetist = |
Born: 21 March 1915 Rochester, New York, USA | Died: 2 December 1965 |
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 HENRY COWELL = AMERICAN = = Composer, Music Theorist, Pianist, = = Teacher, Publisher, and Impresario = |
Born: HENRY DIXON COWELL 11 March 1897 Menlo Park, California, USA | Died: 10 December 1965 Shady, New York, USA |
68 | |
 RAFAEL HERNÁNDEZ MARÍN = PUERTO RICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 24 October 1892 Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO | Died: 11 December 1965 San Juan, PUERTO RICO |
73 | |
 TITO SCHIPA = ITALIAN = = Tenor = |
Born: RAFFAELE ATTILIO AMEDEO SCHIPA 27 December 1888 Lecce, ITALY | Died: 16 December 1965 New York City, New York, USA |
77 | Diabetes |
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CHARLIE BURSE = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Blues Musician = |
Born: 25 August 1901 Decatur, Alabama, USA | Died: 20 December 1965 Memphis, Tennessee, USA (buried) |
64 | Heart Disease |
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