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March 1st
255 Notable deaths
Gustav Metzger
Artist and political activist (1926-2017).
Born April 10th, 1926 in Nuremberg.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 90 years old in London. [ref]
John H. Bankhead
American politician (1842-1920).
Born September 13th, 1842 in Marion County. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1920 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
John G. Downey
Irish-american politician and california governor.
Born June 24th, 1827 in County Roscommon.
Died March 1st, 1894 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
Raúl Reyes
Colombian guerilla (1948–2008).
Born September 30th, 1948 in La Plata.
Died March 1st, 2008 at 59 years old in Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos. [ref]
Joshua Fishman
American linguist (1926–2015).
Born July 18th, 1926 in Philadelphia.
Died March 1st, 2015 at 88 years old in The Bronx. [ref]
Chris Welp
German basketball player (1964–2015).
Born January 2nd, 1964 in Delmenhorst.
Died March 1st, 2015 at 51 years old in Puget Sound (heart failure).
Richard Wilhelm
German sinologist, theologian and missionary (1873–1930).
Born May 10th, 1873 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1930 at 56 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Ruy Barbosa
Brazilian politician, writer and jurist (1849-1923).
Born November 5th, 1849 in Salvador.
Died March 1st, 1923 at 73 years old in Petrópolis.
Elly Mayday
Canadian model (1988-2019).
Born April 15th, 1988 in Aylesbury.
Died March 1st, 2019 at 30 years old in Vancouver (ovarian cancer).
Georges J. F. Köhler
German immunologist (1946–1995).
Born April 17th, 1946 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1995 at 48 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (myocardial infarction).
Toko Shinoda
Japanese artist (1913–2021).
Born March 28th, 1913 in Dalian.
Died March 1st, 2021 at 107 years old in Ome (senility). [ref]
Lothar Sieber
Test pilot (1922–1945).
Born April 7th, 1922 in Dresden.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 22 years old in Stetten am kalten Markt.
Hans Robert Jauss
German romance philologist (1921-1997).
Born December 12th, 1921 in Göppingen.
Died March 1st, 1997 at 75 years old in Constance.
Paul Nemenyi
Hungarian mathematician and physicist specializing in continuum mechanics.
Born June 5th, 1895 in Rijeka.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 56 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Felice Casorati
Italian painter (1883-1963).
Born December 4th, 1883 in Novara.
Died March 1st, 1963 at 79 years old in Turin.
Gauri Deshpande
Marathi-language writer (1942-2003).
Born February 11th, 1942 in Pune.
Died March 1st, 2003 at 61 years old in Pune.
Peter Weibel
Austrian artist and theorist (1944–2023).
Born March 5th, 1945 in Odesa. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2023 at 77 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Blagoje Adžić
Minister of defence of yugoslavia (1932–2012).
Born September 2nd, 1932 in Pridvorica. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2012 at 79 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Charlotte Delbo
French writer and resistance fighter (1913-1985).
Born August 10th, 1913 in Vigneux-sur-Seine.
Died March 1st, 1985 at 71 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer).
Mariano Azuela
Mexican author and physician (1873–1952).
Born January 1st, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 79 years old in Mexico City.
Edwin J. Houston
American businessman (1847-1914).
Born July 9th, 1847 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1914 at 66 years old in Philadelphia (heart disease). [ref]
Dewey F. Bartlett
American politician (1919–1979).
Born March 28th, 1919 in Marietta.
Died March 1st, 1979 at 59 years old in Tulsa (lung cancer).
Carl Burgos
American comic book and advertising artist (1917–1984).
Born April 18th, 1917 in New York City.
Died March 1st, 1984 at 66 years old in Nassau County.
Mikhail Kuzmin
Russian writer (1872-1936).
Born October 18th, 1872 in Yaroslavl.
Died March 1st, 1936 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
César Rodríguez Álvarez
Spanish footballer (1920-1995).
Born June 29th, 1920 in León. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1995 at 74 years old in Barcelona.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi