Famous Deaths for January 1972
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Months in 1972: February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 32 of 32
1st - Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
1st - Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
3rd - Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
4th - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57
6th - Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
7th - Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies
7th - John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
7th - Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist
8th - Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
9th - Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
10th - Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
10th - Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
10th - Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
10th - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
12th - Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90
14th - Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72
15th - Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (b. 1881)
16th - David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
16th - Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895)
Poet/Novelist Kenneth Patchen (8th)
17th - Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 55
17th - Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. 1896)
18th - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
19th - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
24th - Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
25th - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
27th - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
27th - Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84
28th - Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
30th - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
31st - Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
31st - Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
31st - Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
