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Dead at age 45
339 Notable deaths
August Schmidhuber
German general.
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).
José Enrique Rodó
Uruguayan writer.
Born July 15th, 1871 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1917 at 45 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Jorge Donn
Argentine ballet dancer.
Born February 25th, 1947 in El Palomar (Buenos Aires).
Died November 30th, 1992 at 45 years old in Lausanne (death from AIDS-related complications).
Pavel Haas
Czech composer.
Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Camille Jenatzy
Auto racer (1868–1913).
Born November 4th, 1868 in Schaerbeek.
Died December 7th, 1913 at 45 years old in Habay (hunting accident).
Ottmar Mergenthaler
German inventor of linotype.
Born May 10th, 1854 in Bad Mergentheim. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1899 at 45 years old in Baltimore (tuberculosis).
John Cranko
South african choreographer.
Born August 15th, 1927 in Rustenburg. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1973 at 45 years old in Dublin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nikos Skalkottas
Greek composer and musician.
Born March 21st, 1904 in Chalkida. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1949 at 45 years old in Athens (hernia).
Jürgen Wagner
German ss brigade leader, major general of the waffen-ss and war criminal (1901–1947).
Born September 9th, 1901 in Strasbourg.
Died June 27th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).
Andreu Nin
Spanish politician (1892-1937).
Born February 4th, 1892 in El Vendrell. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1937 at 45 years old in Madrid (incognita).
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran