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In the year 1937
424 Notable deaths
Bessie Smith
American blues singer.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Chattanooga. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1937 at 43 years old in Clarksdale (traffic collision). [ref]
Maurice Ravel
French composer.
Born March 7th, 1875 in Ciboure. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1937 at 62 years old in Paris (neurological disorder). [ref]
Erich Ludendorff
German army officer and later nazi leader in adolf hitler's beer hall putsch (1865-1937).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Kruszewnia. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1937 at 72 years old in Munich (liver cancer). [ref]
J. Bruce Ismay
Chairman of white star shipping line (1862–1937).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Crosby.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 74 years old in Mayfair (stroke, thrombosis).
Edith Wharton
American writer and designer (1862–1937).
Born January 24th, 1862 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (stroke). [ref]
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935.
Born October 12th, 1866 in Lossiemouth.
Died November 9th, 1937 at 71 years old in Atlantic Ocean (heart failure).
Alfred Adler
Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Rudolfsheim. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1937 at 67 years old in Aberdeen (acute myocardial infarction).
Andrew W. Mellon
American diplomat, banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector (1855-1937).
Born March 24th, 1855 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1937 at 82 years old in Village of Southampton.
Pierre de Coubertin
Founder of modern olympic games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937).
Born January 1st, 1863 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1937 at 74 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1893—1937).
Born February 16th, 1893.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
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