Dec 1 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), dies from chronic throat disease at 45 Dec 6 Erwin Bodky, German-American composer, dies at 62 Dec 26 Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, dies on 89th birthday Dec 29 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63 Dec 31 Gustav Hermann Unger, German composer, dies at 72 Nov 1958 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1959 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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