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September 1st
179 Notable deaths
Pál Csernai
Hungarian football player and manager (1932-2013).
Born October 21st, 1932 in Pilis.
Died September 1st, 2013 at 80 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Honjōson.
Died September 1st, 1934 at 49 years old (tuberculosis).
Daniel C. Drucker
American scientist in engineering (1918-2001).
Born June 3rd, 1918 in New York City.
Died September 1st, 2001 at 83 years old in Gainesville.
Bernard Lazare
French jewish literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist (1865-1903).
Born June 14th, 1865 in Nîmes.
Died September 1st, 1903 at 38 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Abbas Maroufi
Iranian novelist.
Born May 17th, 1957 in Tehran.
Died September 1st, 2022 at 65 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf
German officer (1860-1936).
Born December 13th, 1860 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died September 1st, 1936 at 75 years old in Glücksburg.
Louis Lavelle
French academic.
Born July 15th, 1883 in Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1951 at 68 years old in Parranquet. [ref]
Vagn Holmboe
Danish composer (1909-1996).
Born December 20th, 1909 in Horsens.
Died September 1st, 1996 at 86 years old in Ramløse.
Oded Schramm
Israeli mathematician (1961-2008).
Born December 10th, 1961 in Jerusalem.
Died September 1st, 2008 at 46 years old in Washington (falling from height). [ref]
György Faludy
Hungarian writer, poet, translator (1910-2006).
Born September 22nd, 1910 in Budapest.
Died September 1st, 2006 at 95 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 179
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