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In the year 1924
186 Notable deaths
Alfred Grünfeld
Czech composer and pianist.
Born July 4th, 1852 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1924 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Wenceslao Retana
Civil servant (1862-1924).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Boadilla del Monte. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1924 at 61 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian general (1859-1924).
Born December 30th, 1859 in Stara Zagora.
Died November 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in Plovdiv.
Salvador Alvarado
Mexican statesman and politician (1880–1924).
Born September 16th, 1880 in Culiacán.
Died June 10th, 1924 at 43 years old in Tenosique.
Ernest Fox Nichols
American physicist and academic administrator (1869-1924).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Leavenworth County.
Died April 29th, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky
Russian choreographer.
Born August 6th, 1871 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1924 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Eva May
Austrian actress.
Born May 29th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 1924 at 22 years old in Baden bei Wien (ballistic trauma).
Jiří Wolker
Czech poet, journalist and playwright.
Born March 29th, 1900 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1924 at 23 years old in Prostějov (tuberculosis). [ref]
Þórarinn B. Þorláksson
Icelandic painter (1867-1924).
Born February 14th, 1867 in Undirfell.
Died July 10th, 1924 at 57 years old in Laugardalur.
Heinrich Dreser
German chemist (1860–1924).
Born October 1st, 1860 in Darmstadt.
Died December 21st, 1924 at 64 years old in Zurich.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 186
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson