In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Leopold Averbakh
Russian author, literary critic and writer (1903-1937).
Born March 8th, 1903 in Saratov.
Died August 14th, 1939 at 36 years old in Moscow.
Hugo Riesenfeld
Austrian-american composer (1879–1939).
Born January 26th, 1879 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 1939 at 60 years old in Los Angeles.
Joseph I. France
American politician (1873-1939).
Born October 11th, 1873 in Cameron.
Died January 26th, 1939 at 65 years old in Port Deposit.
John G. Sargent
United states attorney general (1860-1939).
Born October 13th, 1860 in Ludlow.
Died March 5th, 1939 at 78 years old in Ludlow.
Phillips Smalley
American actor and film director.
Born August 7th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died May 2nd, 1939 at 63 years old in Hollywood.
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter (1900-1939).
Born May 28th, 1900 in Louisiana. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1939 at 39 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kanoko Okamoto
Japanese writer (1889–1939).
Born March 1st, 1889 in Akasaka.
Died February 18th, 1939 at 49 years old in Yokosuka (stroke, cerebral hemorrhage).
Aleksander Brückner
Polish linguist and lexicographer (1856–1939).
Born January 29th, 1856 in Ternopil.
Died May 24th, 1939 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Wilhelm Grosz
Austrian composer, pianist and conductor (1894–1939).
Born March 11th, 1894 in Vienna.
Died December 10th, 1939 at 45 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Sergei Tretyakov
Russian writer-artist.
Born June 20th, 1892 in Kuldīga. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1939 at 47 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 378
Losing is discovering, which is living. Maxime Lagacé