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In the year 1937

367 Notable deaths

Giorgi Mazniashvili

Georgian general.

Born April 6th, 1872 in Kaspi Municipality.

Died December 16th, 1937 at 65 years old

Eddie Gerard

Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

Born February 22nd, 1890 in Ottawa.

Died December 7th, 1937 at 47 years old in Ottawa (laryngeal cancer).

Eero Haapalainen

Finnish politician.

Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.

Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).

Titsian Tabidze

Georgian poet.

Born April 2nd, 1895 in Chkvishi.

Died December 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.

Henry Kimball Hadley

American composer (1871-1937).

Born December 20th, 1871 in Somerville. [ref]

Died September 6th, 1937 at 65 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]

Bobby Dunn

Actor (1890-1937).

Born August 28th, 1890 in Milwaukee.

Died March 24th, 1937 at 46 years old in Hollywood.

Ivar Smilga

Soviet politician (1892-1937).

Born December 2nd, 1892 in Aloja.

Died January 10th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.

Muslim Magomayev

Azerbaijani composer and conductor.

Born September 18th, 1885 in Grozny.

Died July 28th, 1937 at 51 years old in Nalchik (tuberculosis).

Frank Morley

British mathematician.

Born September 9th, 1860 in Woodbridge.

Died October 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Baltimore.

Ahmad Javad

Azerbaijani poet (1892-1937).

Born May 5th, 1892 in Aşağı Seyfəli.

Died October 12th, 1937 at 45 years old in Baku.

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