Benjamin Britten, Anna Vock, Stanisława Walasiewicz
Died: Benjamin Britten (1976), Anna Vock (1962), Stanisława Walasiewicz (1980)
Died on this day
04DecDied 197650th anniversary of death
Benjamin Britten
His partnership with tenor Peter Pears shaped both his private life and some of the most distinctive music of the twentieth century.
04DecDied 196264th anniversary of deathAnna Vock
Known as “Mammina”, she helped sustain the Swiss organising and publishing networks from which “Der Kreis” emerged.
04DecDied 198046th anniversary of deathStanisława Walasiewicz
An Olympic sprint champion whose intersex body became a tabloid sensation after she was killed in a robbery.