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In the year 1922
146 Notable deaths
Alessandro Moreschi
Italian castrato singer.
Born November 11th, 1858 in Monte Compatri. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1922 at 63 years old in Lugones/Llugones (pneumonia). [ref]
Erich von Falkenhayn
Chief of germany's general staff during the first two years of the first world war (1861-1922).
Born September 11th, 1861 in Białochowo. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1922 at 60 years old in Lindstedt Castle. [ref]
Henri Désiré Landru
French murderer.
Born April 12th, 1869 in 19th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1922 at 52 years old in Versailles (guillotine). [ref]
Bert Williams
American comedian and actor (1874-1922).
Born November 12th, 1874 in Nassau. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1922 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Arthur Griffith
Irish politician and writer (1872-1922).
Born March 31st, 1872 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1922 at 50 years old in Dublin (stroke). [ref]
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922).
Born September 29th, 1867 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1922 at 54 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Hermann Rorschach
Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Born November 8th, 1884 in Zürich. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis). [ref]
William J. Seymour
American minister.
Born May 2nd, 1870 in Acadiana.
Died September 28th, 1922 at 52 years old in Los Angeles California Temple (heart failure).
Henry Lawson
Australian writer and poet.
Born June 17th, 1867 in Grenfell.
Died September 2nd, 1922 at 55 years old in Sydney (cerebral hemorrhage).
Cap Anson
American baseball player.
Born April 17th, 1852 in Marshalltown.
Died April 14th, 1922 at 69 years old in Chicago.
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