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Dead at age 44
324 Notable deaths
Hans Biebow
Nazi administrator of lodz ghetto (1902-1947).
Born December 18th, 1902 in Bremen.
Died April 24th, 1947 at 44 years old in Łódź (hanging).
Tony Bettenhausen
American racecar driver.
Born September 12th, 1916 in Tinley Park.
Died May 12th, 1961 at 44 years old in Indianapolis.
David Seymour
Polish photographer and photojournalist (1911-1956).
Born November 20th, 1911 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1956 at 44 years old in El-Qantarah al-Sharqiya. [ref]
Tatsuo Yoshida
Manga artist.
Born March 6th, 1933 in Kyoto.
Died September 5th, 1977 at 44 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer). [ref]
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent.
Born April 4th, 1953 in Queens.
Died March 29th, 1998 at 44 years old in Manhattan (breast cancer).
Helmuth Groscurth
German officer (1898-1943).
Born December 16th, 1898 in Lüdenscheid.
Died April 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Frolovo.
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1918-1963).
Born August 17th, 1918 in Newark. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1963 at 44 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Viktor Pavičić
Croatian soldier.
Born October 15th, 1898 in Gospić.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 44 years old in Volgograd (killed in action).
Reiji Okazaki
Japanese biologist.
Born October 8th, 1930 in Hiroshima.
Died August 1st, 1975 at 44 years old in Hiroshima (leukemia).
William Quan Judge
American occult writer.
Born April 13th, 1851 in Dublin.
Died March 21st, 1896 at 44 years old in New York City.
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