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Dead at age 45

459 Notable deaths

Józef Franczak

Polish resistance member (1918-1963).

Born March 17th, 1918 in Kozice Górne.

Died October 21st, 1963 at 45 years old in Majdan Kozic Górnych.

August Schmidhuber

German general (1901–1947).

Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.

Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).

Marian Smoluchowski

Polish physicist (1872–1917).

Born May 28th, 1872 in Vienna, Vorderbrühl, Mödling.

Died September 5th, 1917 at 45 years old in Kraków (dysentery).

Ian Carey

American dj and music producer (1975–2021).

Born September 13th, 1975 in Baltimore.

Died August 20th, 2021 at 45 years old in Miami. [ref]

Ōmura Masujirō

Japanese politician (1824-1869).

Born May 30th, 1824 in Suzenji.

Died December 7th, 1869 at 45 years old in Osaka University Hospital (sepsis).

Horace Hood

British first world war admiral killed in action (1870-1916).

Born October 2nd, 1870 in London.

Died May 31st, 1916 at 45 years old in North Sea (Battle of Jutland).

Kaj Munk

Danish playwright (1898–1944).

Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.

Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg (gunshot wound).

Khadija Gayibova

Azerbaijani musician (1893–1938).

Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.

Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (political repression).

Oles Buzina

Ukrainian journalist (1969-2015).

Born July 13th, 1969 in Kyiv.

Died April 16th, 2015 at 45 years old in Kyiv. [ref]

Pavel Haas

Czech composer (1899–1944).

Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]

Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]

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