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In the year 1929
265 Notable deaths
Adolph Brodsky
Russian musician.
Born April 2nd, 1851 in Taganrog.
Died January 22nd, 1929 at 77 years old in Manchester.
Rudolf Kittel
German biblical scholar.
Born March 28th, 1853 in Eningen unter Achalm.
Died October 20th, 1929 at 76 years old in Leipzig.
Karl Bulla
German-russian photographer (1855-1929).
Born February 26th, 1855 in Głubczyce. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1929 at 74 years old in Saaremaa. [ref]
Yevsevii Mandychesvky
Austrian musician (1857-1929).
Born August 18th, 1857 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1929 at 71 years old in Sulz. [ref]
Karl Julius Beloch
German classical and economic historian (1854–1929).
Born January 21st, 1854 in Pieszków.
Died February 7th, 1929 at 75 years old in Rome.
Fernand Widal
French physician (1862-1929).
Born March 9th, 1862 in Dellys.
Died January 14th, 1929 at 66 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ivo Vojnović
Croatian dramatist and playwright (1857-1929).
Born October 9th, 1857 in Dubrovnik.
Died August 30th, 1929 at 71 years old in Belgrade.
Meta von Salis
Swiss feminist, journalist and historian (1855-1929).
Born March 1st, 1855 in Marschlins Castle.
Died March 15th, 1929 at 74 years old in Basel.
Jesse Lynch Williams
American dramatist.
Born August 17th, 1871 in Sterling.
Died September 14th, 1929 at 58 years old in Herkimer.
Séverine
French anarchist, journalist and feminist.
Born April 27th, 1855 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1929 at 73 years old in Pierrefonds. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 265
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche