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In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Heinrich Nauen
German painter (1880-1940).
Born June 1st, 1880 in Krefeld. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1940 at 60 years old in Kalkar (stomach cancer). [ref]
Daniela von Bülow
German pianist (1860-1940).
Born October 12th, 1860 in Berlin.
Died July 28th, 1940 at 79 years old in Bayreuth.
Ervin Mészáros
Fencer (1877–1940).
Born April 2nd, 1877 in Budapest.
Died May 21st, 1940 at 63 years old in Budapest.
John Duha
Gymnast (1875–1940).
Born February 16th, 1875 in Chicago.
Died January 21st, 1940 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Anna Kleman
Swedish suffragist and peace activist (1862-1940).
Born November 24th, 1862 in Royal Karlskrona Admiralty parish. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1940 at 77 years old in Skeppsholm church parish (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nyrki Tapiovaara
Finnish film director (1911-1940).
Born September 10th, 1911 in Pitäjänmäki. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1940 at 28 years old in Suojärvi, Tohmajärvi (killed in action).
Theophan (Bystrov)
Russian archbishop (1873-1940).
Born January 12th, 1873 in Podmoshye.
Died February 6th, 1940 at 67 years old in Limeray.
Ferdinand Hellmesberger
Austrian musician (1863-1940).
Born January 24th, 1863 in Vienna.
Died March 15th, 1940 at 77 years old in Vienna.
Therese Schlesinger-Eckstein
Austrian politician.
Born June 6th, 1863 in Vienna.
Died June 5th, 1940 at 76 years old in Blois.
Arthur Southern
Gymnast (1883–1940).
Born March 26th, 1883 in Sowerby Bridge.
Died June 5th, 1940 at 57 years old in Dorset.
Deaths 411 to 420 of 441
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner