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676 Notable deaths
by ballistic trauma
Wolfgang Lüth
German naval officer and u-boat commander during world war ii.
Born October 15th, 1913 in Riga.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 31 years old in Flensburg (ballistic trauma).
Anton Schmid
Austrian soldier and righteous among the nations.
Born January 9th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died April 13th, 1942 at 42 years old in Vilnius (ballistic trauma).
Adolph Joffe
Soviet diplomat (1883-1927).
Born October 22nd, 1883 in Simferopol.
Died November 17th, 1927 at 44 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Antun Saadeh
Lebanese politician (1904-1949).
Born March 1st, 1904 in Dhour El Choueir.
Died July 8th, 1949 at 45 years old in Beirut (ballistic trauma).
Walter Krivitsky
Soviet spy (1899-1941).
Born June 28th, 1899 in Pidvolochysk. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1941 at 41 years old in Washington, D.C. (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian noble (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 24th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Eugen Leviné
Bavarian revolutionary (1883-1919).
Born May 23rd, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 5th, 1919 at 36 years old in Stadelheim Prison (ballistic trauma).
Kay Sage
American surrealist artist and poet (1898-1963).
Born June 25th, 1898 in Watervliet. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1963 at 64 years old in Woodbury (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Mikhail Tomsky
Soviet politician (1880-1936).
Born October 31st, 1880 in Kolpino.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 55 years old in Korolyov (ballistic trauma).
Farabundo Martí
Salvadoran revolutionary (1893-1932).
Born May 6th, 1893 in Teotepeque.
Died February 1st, 1932 at 38 years old in San Salvador (ballistic trauma).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche