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In the year 1917
130 Notable deaths
Sandy Turnbull
Scottish footballer (1884-1917).
Born July 30th, 1884 in Hurlford.
Died May 3rd, 1917 at 32 years old in Arras.
Oswaldo Cruz
Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (1872-1917).
Born August 5th, 1872 in São Luiz do Paraitinga.
Died January 11th, 1917 at 44 years old in Petrópolis (kidney failure).
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Eduardo Di Capua
Italian singer-songwriter.
Born May 12th, 1865 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Milan, Naples.
Hans von Blixen-Finecke
Equestrian.
Born July 25th, 1886 in Skurup.
Died September 26th, 1917 at 31 years old in Penzance.
Adolf Reinach
German philosopher (1883-1917).
Born December 23rd, 1883 in Mainz. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1917 at 33 years old in Diksmuide. [ref]
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
German prince and equestrian (1893-1917).
Born April 6th, 1893 in Potsdam.
Died April 6th, 1917 at 24 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
James Carroll Beckwith
American painter (1852-1917).
Born September 23rd, 1852 in Hannibal. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Matthias Zurbriggen
Swiss mountain climber (1856-1917).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Saas-Fee.
Died July 21st, 1917 at 61 years old in Geneva (hanging).
Madge Syers
British figure skater (1881-1917).
Born September 16th, 1881 in Kensington.
Died September 9th, 1917 at 35 years old in Weybridge (endocarditis).
Deaths 41 to 50 of 130
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci