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In the year 1927
208 Notable deaths
Benedito Calixto
Brazilian artist (1853-1927).
Born October 14th, 1853 in Itanhaém.
Died May 31st, 1927 at 73 years old in São Paulo.
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez
Vice president of colombia.
Born September 18th, 1858 in Bogotá.
Died July 1st, 1927 at 68 years old in Medellín.
Erik Ivar Fredholm
Swedish mathematician.
Born April 7th, 1866 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1927 at 61 years old in Danderyd parish. [ref]
Franz Rohr von Denta
Austro-hungarian field marshal and commander (1854-1927).
Born October 30th, 1854 in Arad.
Died December 9th, 1927 at 73 years old in Rodaun.
Jan van Beers
Belgian painter and illustrator.
Born March 27th, 1852 in Lier. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1927 at 75 years old in Loiret. [ref]
Kenjirō Tokutomi
Japanese writer.
Born October 25th, 1868 in Minamata.
Died September 18th, 1927 at 58 years old in Ikaho Onsen.
Federico De Roberto
Italian writer.
Born January 16th, 1861 in Naples. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1927 at 66 years old in Catania. [ref]
Friedrich von Scholtz
Prussian general.
Born March 24th, 1851 in Flensburg.
Died April 30th, 1927 at 76 years old in Ballenstedt.
Henri Hubert
French sociologist.
Born June 23rd, 1872 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1927 at 54 years old in Chatou. [ref]
Hermann Abert
German musicologist.
Born March 25th, 1871 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1927 at 56 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 208
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson