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Actors Who Died in October 1959

  • Oct 3 William Bishop, American stage and screen actor (Black Eagle; Adventures in Silverado; It's a Great Life), dies of cancer at 41
  • Oct 7 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38

Errol Flynn (1909-1959)

Oct 14 Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), dies of a heart attack at 50

  • Oct 20 Werner Krauss, German actor (Joyless Street), dies at 75 (b. 1884)
  • Oct 23 Gerda Lundequist 'The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt', Swedish stage actress, dies at 88
  • Oct 25 Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42