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1959 saw many notable deaths in World Book Yearbook list
The Preston Citizen notes the World Book Encyclopedia Yearbook listing prominent figures who died in 1958 and 1959. It lists Tyrone Power Mike Todd Ronald Colman Maude Nugent Mel Ott Leon Cadore W C Handy Alfred Bryan William Harling Claire Chennault Clyde Pangborn Ernst Heinkel and others.
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U. S
Fulgencio Batista
Tyrone Power
Mike Todd
Ronald Colman
Albert Smith
Maude Nugent
Rosie O'Grady
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Leon Cadore
Brooklyn Dodger
W. C. Handy
Tin Pan Alley
Alfred Bryan
Cherie
William Harling
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
China
Gen
Claire
Chennault
Flying Tigers
Clyde Pangborn
Tokyo
Washington State
Pacific
Germany
Ernst Heinkel