In the year 1938
414 Notable deaths
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
British countess.
Born December 10th, 1861 in 27 And 28, Berkeley Square W1. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1938 at 76 years old in Easton Lodge. [ref]
Hans Litten
German lawyer.
Born June 19th, 1903 in Halle (Saale).
Died February 5th, 1938 at 34 years old in Dachau concentration camp (hanging).
Lady Ottoline Morrell
British aristocrat (1873-1938).
Born June 16th, 1873 in Royal Tunbridge Wells. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1938 at 64 years old in London. [ref]
Harvey Samuel Firestone
American businessman.
Born December 20th, 1868 in Columbiana. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1938 at 69 years old in Miami Beach (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-american actress (1886-1938).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Hamilton.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 52 years old in Beverly Hills (intoxication). [ref]
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
British politician (1868-1938).
Born May 31st, 1868 in Marylebone.
Died May 6th, 1938 at 69 years old in Derbyshire.
Lev Sedov
Son of leon trotsky, communist oppositionist and writer.
Born February 24th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 16th, 1938 at 31 years old in Paris.
Feodor Chaliapin
Russian opera singer and actor.
Born February 13th, 1873. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1938 at 65 years old in Paris (leukemia). [ref]
Reginald Johnston
British diplomat and academic (1874–1938).
Born October 13th, 1874 in Edinburgh.
Died March 6th, 1938 at 63 years old in Edinburgh.
Edward Mandell House
American diplomat (1858-1938).
Born July 26th, 1858 in Houston. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1938 at 79 years old in New York City.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 414
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia