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Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell

1901–1957

poet, satirist, hispanist

Official cause

traffic collision

Bill Sweeney

Bill Sweeney

1904–1957

baseball player

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Hans Jacob Nilsen

Hans Jacob Nilsen

1897–1957

actor, film director, theatre manager

Official cause

cancer

William Cameron Menzies

William Cameron Menzies

1896–1957

film director, screenwriter, production designer

Official cause

cancer

Evarts Ambrose Graham

Evarts Ambrose Graham

1883–1957

military physician, surgeon

Official cause

lung cancer

Bugs Moran

Bugs Moran

1893–1957

bank robber, gangster

Official cause

lung cancer

Joseph Augustus Zarelli

Joseph Augustus Zarelli

1953–1957

Official cause

blunt trauma

Memo Benassi

Memo Benassi

1886–1957

stage actor, film actor, actor

Official cause

stroke

Danylo Skoropadskyi

Danylo Skoropadskyi

1904–1957

politician

Official cause

poison

William L. Hughes

William L. Hughes

1895–1957

American football player

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Guido Notari

Guido Notari

1893–1957

actor, radio personality, presenter

Official cause

pulmonary edema

Dean Benedetti

Dean Benedetti

1922–1957

composer, jazz musician, saxophonist

Official cause

myasthenia gravis

IT

Ille Toktash

1907–1957

poet, translator, journalist

Official cause

tuberculosis

József Dudás

József Dudás

1912–1957

locksmith, revolutionary, local politician

Official cause

hanging to death

GG

George Girard

1930–1957

jazz musician, singer

Official cause

colorectal cancer

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini

1867–1957

musician, conductor, music director

Official cause

stroke

Maria Chekhova

Maria Chekhova

1863–1957

painter, editor, pedagogue

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

1899–1957

character actor, screenwriter, stage actor

Official cause

esophageal cancer

AEC

A. E. Coppard

1878–1957

novelist, writer, poet

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Victor Starffin

Victor Starffin

1916–1957

baseball player

Official cause

railway accident by collision

Ruth Draper

Ruth Draper

1884–1956

actor, stage actor, translator

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Preston Tucker

Preston Tucker

1903–1956

engineer, entrepreneur, car designer

Official cause

pneumonia

Robert Walser

Robert Walser

1878–1956

poet, writer, prose writer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

RM

Ralph Marcus

1900–1956

university teacher, classical philologist, Hebraist

Official cause

myocardial infarction