Brendan Behan Is Dead
Mar. 20, 1964 - Brendan Behan (pictured in Dublin in 1960), the Irish playwright, died today at Meath Hospital in Dublin. He was 41 years...
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Dec 5, 2023
Herbert Lehman, Former Governor and Senator, Is Dead
Dec. 5, 1963 - Herbert H. Lehman (pictured in 1930 with then New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt), a towering figure in the liberal...
Nov 24, 2023
C.S. Lewis Is Dead
Nov. 24, 1963 - Professor C.S Lewis, literary historian, Christian apologist, and author of “The Screwtape Letters,” died Friday at his...
Nov 23, 2023
Aldous Huxley Is Dead
Nov. 23, 1963 - Aldous Huxley (pictured in 1948), the novelist-philosopher-historian whose satirical novel “Brave New World” (1932) set a...
Oct 29, 2023
Adolphe Menjou Dead at 73
Oct. 29, 1963 - Adolphe Menjou (pictured in 1932), suave, debonair actor in more than 200 motion pictures, died in his home today of...
Oct 28, 2023
Former Senator Tom Connally Dead at 86
Oct. 28, 1963 - Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas (pictured in 1949), a Democratic stalwart of the Senate for many years and one of...
Oct 14, 2023
Massive Crowd Turns Out for Piaf Funeral
Oct. 14, 1963 - Thousands of admirers pushed, shoved, and trampled each other today to pay a last tribute to Edith Piaf, who died Friday...
Oct 11, 2023
Jean Cocteau Is Dead
Oct. 11, 1963 - Jean Cocteau (pictured in 1960), whose avant-garde creativity illuminated French intellectual life for half a century,...
Oct 11, 2023
Edith Piaf Dead at 47
Oct. 11, 1963 - Edith Piaf (pictured in 1951), the beloved idol of the French music halls who made a world hit of “La Vie en Rose,” died...
Sep 6, 2023
Margarita Sierra Dead at 25
Sept. 6, 1963 - Margarita Sierra, 25, one of the stars of the ABC-TV series “Surfside 6,” died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Hollywood...
Aug 22, 2023
Major General Charles D.W. Canham Is Dead
Aug. 22, 1963 - Major General Charles D.W. Canham (right during WWII), who accepted the surrender of 244,000 German prisoners in one day...
Aug 17, 2023
Richard Barthelmess Is Dead
Aug. 17, 1963 - Richard Barthelmess (right with Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, and Marlene Dietrich in 1935), the boyish matinee idol of the...
Aug 12, 2023
Clem Bevans Is Dead
Aug. 12, 1963 - Funeral services for Clem Bevans (left with James Arness in 1957), the spry “old feller” of the movies and television,...
Aug 6, 2023
Philip Graham Laid to Rest, President Attends Service
Aug. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy and other national leaders paid final tribute today to Philip Graham, publishing executive. About 2,000...
Aug 3, 2023
Philip Graham, CEO of Washington Post, Commits Suicide
Aug. 3, 1963 - Philip L. Graham (pictured right in 1961), president and CEO of The Washington Post and chairman of the board of Newsweek...
Jun 28, 2023
“Home Run” Baker Is Dead
June 28, 1963 - John Franklin “Home Run” Baker (pictured right in 1921), a baseball slugger of the “dead-ball” era, died today at his...
Jun 18, 2023
Actor Pedro Armendáriz Kills Himself
June 18, 1963 - Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz (left with Sean Connery), star of such films as “The Fugitive” (1947) and “Three...
Jun 7, 2023
Actress ZaSu Pitts is Dead
June 7, 1963 - Actress ZaSu Pitts (pictured in 1932) died of cancer this morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Hollywood, where she...
Jun 4, 2023
Body of Pope Taken to St. Peter’s Basilica
June 4, 1963 - The body of Pope John XXIII was taken today to St. Peter’s Basilica, where he had received the homage and acclaim of...
Jun 3, 2023
Romans Speculate on Pope John XXIII’s Successor
June 3, 1963 - Amid the drama of Pope John XXIII’s final hours, Romans speculated whether his successor would be an Italian or a...
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