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Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

3rd - Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71
5th - Luther Perkins American guitarist
6th - Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60
11th - Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies
12th - Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
12th - Esther Forbes, American novelist (b. 1891)
15th - Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84
16th - Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71
18th - Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
19th - Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
19th - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
20th - Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
21st - Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
24th - Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies
25th - John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70
25th - Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies
26th - Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65
26th - Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
27th - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
27th - William E B Dubois, US founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies
28th - John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
28th - Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
29th - Victor Sutherland, dies at 79
29th - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881)
30th - William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
31st - Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
31st - George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies