Famous People Who Died in 1953

• Hubble, Edwin

  The astronomer the Hubble space telescope is named after

• O'Neill, Eugene

  The author of the play Long Day's Journey Into Night

• Prokofiev, Sergei

  Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf

• Reinhardt, Django

  Gypsy jazz guitarist

• Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel

  The New Yorkers executed as Soviet spies in 1953

• Stalin, Joseph

  The dictatorial leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1928 to 1953

• Taft, Robert

  The U.S. Senate's "Mr. Republican"

• Thomas, Dylan

  The Welsh poet who wrote "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nght"

• Thorpe, Jim

  Star athlete in track and field, football and baseball

• Williams, Hank

  The country singer who did "Your Cheatin' Heart"

• Wilson, Dooley

  Sam in the movie Casablanca

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