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In the year 1922
161 Notable deaths
William Stewart Halsted
American surgeon (1852-1922).
Born September 23rd, 1852 in New York City.
Died September 7th, 1922 at 69 years old in Baltimore.
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.
Died April 8th, 1922 at 60 years old in Lindstedt Castle.
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]
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 (gunshot wound). [ref]
Hermann Rorschach
Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885–1922).
Born November 8th, 1884 in Zurich. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis).
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).
Bert Williams
American comedian and actor (1874–1922).
Born November 12th, 1874 in Nassau.
Died March 4th, 1922 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Cap Anson
American baseball player.
Born April 17th, 1852 in Marshalltown.
Died April 14th, 1922 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
British politician (1857–1922).
Born October 30th, 1857 in St James's.
Died September 26th, 1922 at 64 years old in St James's.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran