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In the year 1937
425 Notable deaths
Suleyman Stalsky
Poet.
Born May 18th, 1869 in Ashaga-Stal.
Died November 23rd, 1937 at 68 years old in Makhachkala.
Marguerite Audoux
French writer (1863-1937).
Born July 7th, 1863 in Sancoins. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1937 at 73 years old in Saint-Raphaël. [ref]
Joe Lydon
Boxer (1878-1937).
Born February 2nd, 1878 in Swinford.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
Omar Faig Nemanzadeh
Azerbaijani journalist (1872–1937).
Born December 24th, 1872 in Atskuri.
Died October 10th, 1937 at 64 years old in Tbilisi.
Hayk Bzhishkyan
Soviet general (1887-1937).
Born February 19th, 1887 in Tabriz.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 50 years old in Butovo firing range.
Zmicier Zhylunovich
Belarusian writer (1887—1937).
Born November 4th, 1887 in Kapyĺ.
Died April 11th, 1937 at 49 years old in Mogilev.
Claude Buckenham
English footballer (1876-1937).
Born January 16th, 1876 in Herne Hill.
Died February 23rd, 1937 at 61 years old in Dundee.
Nikolay Muralov
Soviet revolutionary (1877-1937).
Born December 7th, 1877 in Taganrogskiy Okrug.
Died February 1st, 1937 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Ernest Webb
British athlete (1874-1937).
Born April 25th, 1874 in London Borough of Hackney.
Died February 24th, 1937 at 62 years old in Toronto.
Ernst Hoppenberg
German swimmer.
Born July 26th, 1878 in Bremen.
Died September 29th, 1937 at 59 years old in Kirn (traffic collision).
Deaths 331 to 340 of 425
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon