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February 1st
203 Notable deaths
Dobri Bozhilov
Bulgarian politician (1884-1945).
Born June 13th, 1884 in Kotel.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 60 years old in Sofia (ballistic trauma).
Hans Kalm
Finnish soldier.
Born April 21st, 1889 in Kõo Rural Municipality, Pilistvere.
Died February 1st, 1981 at 91 years old in Jyväskylä.
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov
Marshal of the soviet union (1917-2014).
Born January 15th, 1917 in Chernolesskoye.
Died February 1st, 2014 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Jean Hamburger
French physician.
Born July 15th, 1909 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1992 at 82 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ernst Badian
Austrian classical scholar (1925–2011).
Born August 8th, 1925 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 1st, 2011 at 85 years old in Boston. [ref]
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
British inventor (1850-1885).
Born April 16th, 1850 in London.
Died February 1st, 1885 at 34 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Siegfried Breuer
Austrian actor (1906-1954).
Born June 24th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 47 years old in Weende.
Dick Rathmann
Racecar driver.
Born January 6th, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died February 1st, 2000 at 76 years old in Melbourne.
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Guatemalan president (1930-2016).
Born December 8th, 1930 in Guatemala City.
Died February 1st, 2016 at 85 years old in Guatemala City (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Carey Wilson
American screenwriter, voice actor and film producer (1889-1962).
Born May 19th, 1889 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1962 at 72 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker