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31 Notable deaths
by meningitis
Otto Nerz
German football player and coach (1892–1949).
Born October 21st, 1892 in Hechingen.
Died April 19th, 1949 at 56 years old in NKVD special camp Nr. 7 (meningitis).
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia
Russian grand duke.
Born July 13th, 1862 in Warsaw.
Died February 27th, 1879 at 16 years old in Saint Petersburg (meningitis).
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
Athletics competitor (1888-1913).
Born October 30th, 1888 in Pylos.
Died March 8th, 1913 at 24 years old in Athens (meningitis).
Lajos Tihanyi
Hungarian painter (1885-1938).
Born October 29th, 1885 in Budapest.
Died June 11th, 1938 at 52 years old in Paris (meningitis).
Dmitriy Furmanov
Russian writer (1891-1926).
Born November 7th, 1891 in Furmanov.
Died March 25th, 1926 at 34 years old in Moscow (meningitis).
Gabriel Tiacoh
Athletics competitor (1963–1992).
Born September 10th, 1963 in Abidjan.
Died April 2nd, 1992 at 28 years old in Atlanta (meningitis).
Yuri Filipchenko
Russian entomologist (1882-1930).
Born February 13th, 1882 in Bolkhovsky District.
Died May 19th, 1930 at 48 years old in Saint Petersburg (meningitis).
Julius Falkenstein
German actor.
Born February 25th, 1879 in Berlin.
Died December 9th, 1933 at 54 years old in Berlin (meningitis).
Amleto Palermi
Italian film director and screenwriter.
Died April 20th, 1941 at 51 years old in Rome (meningitis).
Michela Schiff Giorgini
Italian actress and egyptologist (1925–1978).
Born October 30th, 1925 in Padua.
Died July 3rd, 1978 at 52 years old in Benissa (meningitis).
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