January 1st
214 Notable deaths
Werner Schwab
Austrian artist.
Born February 4th, 1958 in Graz.
Died January 1st, 1994 at 35 years old in Graz.
Ludomir Różycki
Polish composer and conductor (1883–1953).
Born September 18th, 1883 in Warsaw.
Died January 1st, 1953 at 69 years old in Katowice.
Yuri Artsutanov
Russian engineer (1929–2019).
Born October 5th, 1929 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 1st, 2019 at 89 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Anders Frandsen
Danish singer (1960-2012).
Born December 8th, 1960 in Copenhagen.
Died January 1st, 2012 at 51 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Géry Leuliet
Catholic bishop.
Born January 12th, 1910 in France.
Died January 1st, 2015 at 104 years old in Arras.
Walter Janssen
Actor (1887-1976).
Born February 7th, 1887 in Krefeld.
Died January 1st, 1976 at 88 years old in Munich.
Lojze Grozde
Slovenian writer.
Born May 27th, 1923 in Zgornje Vodale.
Died January 1st, 1943 at 19 years old in Mirna (torture).
Estella Blain
French actress.
Born March 30th, 1930 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1982 at 51 years old in Port-Vendres (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Milan Horvat
Croatian conductor.
Born July 28th, 1919 in Pakrac. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2014 at 94 years old in Innsbruck. [ref]
Nora Orlandi
Italian musician and composer (1933–2025).
Born June 28th, 1933 in Voghera.
Died January 1st, 2025 at 91 years old in Rome. [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel