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33 Notable deaths
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Raymond Duchamp-Villon
French sculptor (1876-1918).
Born November 5th, 1876 in Rouen. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1918 at 41 years old in Cannes (typhus). [ref]
Joseph Freinademetz
Christian missionary in china (1852-1908).
Born April 15th, 1852 in Badia.
Died January 28th, 1908 at 55 years old in Jining (typhus).
Jerzy Żuławski
Polish philosopher, writer, poet and playwright of the young poland period.
Born July 14th, 1874 in Glinik, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Died August 9th, 1915 at 41 years old in Dębica (typhus).
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi
Spanish footballer (1892-1922).
Born May 23rd, 1892 in Bilbao.
Died March 1st, 1922 at 29 years old in Bilbao (typhus).
Leonid Kulik
Russian mineralogist (1883-1942).
Born August 31st, 1883 in Tartu. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Spas-Demensk (typhus).
Howard Taylor Ricketts
American pathologist.
Born February 9th, 1871 in Findlay.
Died May 3rd, 1910 at 39 years old in Mexico City (typhus).
Danielle Casanova
French resistance member (1909-1943).
Born January 9th, 1909 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1943 at 34 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (typhus). [ref]
Alexei Polivanov
Russian military figure (1855-1920).
Born March 16th, 1855 in Krasnoye-na-Volge.
Died September 25th, 1920 at 65 years old in Riga (typhus).
Jura Soyfer
Austrian writer.
Born December 8th, 1912 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1939 at 26 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (typhus).
Isidre Nonell
Catalan artist (1872-1911).
Born November 30th, 1872 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1911 at 38 years old in Barcelona (typhus). [ref]
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