Deaths Date 1958 P 2 | History by KabAstro

Deaths 201 - 250 of 250

G. E. Moore (1873-1958)

Oct 24 English philosopher (systematic approach to ethical problems), dies at 84

Oct 24 Martin Shaw, English composer, dies at 83
Oct 27 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch historian, poet and politician, dies at 74
Oct 27 Joseph Klausner, Polish-Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84
Oct 29 Zoe Akins, American playwright (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1935), dies at 71
Oct 30 Rose Macaulay, English writer (The Towers of Trebizond), dies at 77
Nov 2 Adam Carse, English composer and music writer, dies at 80
Nov 3 Harry Revel, (né Glaser), Latvian-American film score composer (Sitting Pretty; Gay Divorcee), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 52
Nov 6 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78
Nov 7 Florence Walrath, American adoption agency founder (The Cradle), dies at 81
Nov 9 Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American novelist and social reformer (managed 1st US adult education program, helped conscientious objectors), dies at 79
Nov 9 Gastone De Zuccoli, Italian concert and church organist, composer (Autunno; Messa Francescana), and pedagogue, dies at 71
Nov 12 James Michael Curley, American politician (53rd Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37), dies at 83
Nov 13 Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter, and co-founder of the De Stijl movement, dies at 81
Nov 15 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro; Nightmare Alley), dies of a heart attack at 44
Nov 16 J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67
Nov 16 Samuel Hopkins Adams [Warner Fabian], American journalist and muckraker (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
Nov 17 Marcelle Meyer, French concert pianist specializing in both contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) repertoires, dies of a heart attack while at the keyboard at 61
Nov 17 Mort Cooper, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1942, 43, 45, 46; World Series 1942, 44; NL MVP 1942), dies of cirrhosis and a staphylococcal infection at 45
Nov 18 Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies

Mel Ott (1909-1958)

Nov 21 American Baseball HOF right fielder and manager (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; 6 × NL home run leader; NY Giants), dies of injuries sustained in an auto accident at 49

Nov 24 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British lawyer and politician who helps form League of Nations (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
Nov 25 Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (auto self-starter), dies at 82
Nov 27 Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1933-43; New York Philharmonic, 1943-47; Chicago Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 66
Nov 30 Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
Dec 1 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), dies from chronic throat disease at 45
Dec 4 Red Murray, American baseball outfielder (NL home run leader 1909 NY Giants), dies of acute leukemia at 74
Dec 5 Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright (Races), dies at 67
Dec 6 Erwin Bodky, German-American composer, dies at 62

Tris Speaker (1888-1958)

Dec 8 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1912, 15, 20; AL MVP 1912; career batting average .345 [6th all-time]; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland Indians 1919-26), dies at 70

Dec 10 Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder (b.1864)
Dec 10 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin), dies at 72
Dec 12 Milutin Milanković, Serbian astronomer and geophysicist (linked long-term changes in climate to astronomical factors affecting the amount of solar energy received at Earth’s surface), dies at 79
Dec 13 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
Dec 13 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
Dec 13 Brand Dirck Ochse, Dutch filmmaker and co-founder (Polygoon), dies at 66
Dec 13 Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
Dec 13 Tim Moore, American actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 71
Dec 15 Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss-American theoretical physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945), dies at 58
Dec 21 H. B. Warner, British actor (Sunset Boulevard, The King of Kings), dies at 83
Dec 21 Lion Feuchtwanger, German playwright and novelist (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
Dec 22 Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75
Dec 26 Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, dies on 89th birthday
Dec 29 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
Dec 31 Gustav Hermann Unger, German composer, dies at 72

Famous People Who Died in 1958 (Part 2)

G. E. Moore (1873-1958)

Mel Ott (1909-1958)

Tris Speaker (1888-1958)

Famous People by Cause of Death