Deaths by...
332 Notable deaths
by tuberculosis
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Chilean politician and president (1879-1941).
Born February 6th, 1879 in Pocuro.
Died November 25th, 1941 at 62 years old in Santiago (tuberculosis).
Alfredo Catalani
Italian operatic composer (1854-1893).
Born June 19th, 1854 in Lucca. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1893 at 39 years old in Milan (tuberculosis). [ref]
Dorothy Burgess
Film, stage actress (1907–1961).
Born March 4th, 1907 in Los Angeles.
Died August 21st, 1961 at 54 years old in Riverside (tuberculosis).
Hans Rott
Austrian composer.
Born August 1st, 1858 in Braunhirschen. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1884 at 25 years old in Vienna (tuberculosis). [ref]
Fumio Hayasaka
Japanese composer (1914-1955).
Born August 19th, 1914 in Sendai. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1955 at 41 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis). [ref]
Motojirō Kajii
Author (1901–1932).
Born February 17th, 1901 in Osaka.
Died March 24th, 1932 at 31 years old in Sumiyoshi-ku (tuberculosis).
Valentin Voloshinov
Russian linguist.
Born June 18th, 1895 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 13th, 1936 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Léon Boëllmann
French organist and composer.
Born September 25th, 1862 in Ensisheim.
Died October 11th, 1897 at 35 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Władysław Podkowiński
Polish artist (1866–1895).
Born February 6th, 1866 in Warsaw.
Died January 5th, 1895 at 28 years old in Warsaw (tuberculosis).
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
Iranian poet, writer, historian, scholar and politician.
Born November 7th, 1886 in Mashhad. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1951 at 64 years old in Tehran (tuberculosis). [ref]
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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