WHO ALL DIED FROM MAY TO AUGUST 1956
Find out who all died from May to August 1956

German author and poet Gottfried Benn died 7. July 1956. (born 1886)

Norwegian actor Thorleif Lund died 30. June 1956. (born 1880)

Canadian politician James Alexander Calder died 20. July 1956. (born 1868)

American painter Jackson Pollock died 11. August 1956. (born 1912)

American pole vaulter LeRoy Samse died 1. May 1956. (born 1883)

American actress and producer Katherine MacDonald died 4. June 1956. (born 1881)

German-American activist Alfred Wagenknecht died 26. August 1956. (born 1881)

Danish-American actor, singer, and director Jean Hersholt died 2. June 1956. (born 1886)

French painter Marie Laurencin died 8. June 1956. (born 1883)

English painter and magician Austin Osman Spare died 15. May 1956. (born 1886)

English businessman and adventurer Harry Bensley died 21. May 1956. (born 1877)

English cricketer Maurice Tate died 18. May 1956. (born 1895)

American actor Louis Calhern died 12. May 1956. (born 1895)

Hungarian swimmer Zoltán Halmay died 20. May 1956. (born 1881)

German poet, playwright, and director Bertolt Brecht died 14. August 1956. (born 1898)

English poet and author Walter de la Mare died 22. June 1956. (born 1873)

English motor vehicle manufacturer, and chairman of Ford of Britain Percival Perry died 17. June 1956. (born 1878)

Japanese director and screenwriter Kenji Mizoguchi died 24. August 1956. (born 1898)

Estonian poet Gustav Suits died 23. May 1956. (born 1883)

German surgeon Paul Rostock died 17. June 1956. (born 1892)