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Leslie Morshead
1889–1959
military personnel
Official cause
cancer
Manny Mercer
1928–1959
jockey
Official cause
horse fall
Charles Dechamps
1882–1959
film actor, stage actor, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Wolfgang Paalen
1905–1959
painter, sculptor, philosopher
Official cause
gunshot wound
W. Garfield Case
1898–1959
politician, farmer, insurance broker
Official cause
hanging to death
Arturo Gallea
1895–1959
cinematographer
Official cause
traffic collision
John Merton
1901–1959
actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Harvey Glatman
1927–1959
photographer, serial killer
Official cause
asphyxia
Wanda Landowska
1879–1959
harpsichordist, music educator, pianist
Official cause
disease
Pál Jávor
1902–1959
singer, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
stomach cancer
Selig Perlman
1888–1959
historian, educator
Official cause
stroke
Johnny Burnett
1904–1959
baseball player
Official cause
leukemia
Mike O'Neill
1877–1959
baseball player
Official cause
disease
Charlene Richard
1947–1959
Official cause
leukemia
Oswald Haerdtl
1899–1959
architect, university teacher, designer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Emil František Burian
1904–1959
writer, composer, theatrologist
Official cause
gastrointestinal system disease
Preston Sturges
1898–1959
film director, screenwriter, writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Salman Schocken
1877–1959
publisher, businessperson, art collector
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Charles Starkweather
1938–1959
criminal, spree killer, serial killer
Official cause
electrocution
Boris Vian
1920–1959
poet, painter, translator
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Bruce Harlan
1926–1959
competitive diver
Official cause
falling from height
Karl Jäger
1888–1959
police officer, soldier
Official cause
hanging to death
Mabel Annesley
1881–1959
painter, illustrator, printmaker
Official cause
multiple myeloma
Ethel Barrymore
1879–1959
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction