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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Flora Finch
English-born film actress (1867-1940).
Born June 17th, 1867 in London. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1940 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (streptococcal infection). [ref]
Maude Abbott
Doctor, one of canada's earliest medical graduates.
Born March 18th, 1869 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 71 years old in Montreal (cerebral hemorrhage).
Emma Louisa Turner
British ornithologist and photographer (1867-1940).
Born June 9th, 1867 in Langton Green.
Died August 13th, 1940 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Wilfred Lucas
Actor, film director.
Born January 30th, 1871 in Norfolk County. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1940 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Luigi Orione
Italian catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder.
Born June 23rd, 1872 in Pontecurone.
Died March 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Sanremo.
Mikhail Koltsov
Soviet journalist.
Born June 12th, 1898 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 41 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
José Félix Estigarribia
President of paraguay (1888-1940).
Born February 21st, 1888 in Caraguatay. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1940 at 52 years old in Altos (aviation accident).
Philip Francis Nowlan
American science fiction writer who created buck rogers.
Born November 13th, 1888 in Philadelphia.
Died February 1st, 1940 at 51 years old in Philadelphia.
Eileen Power
British historian.
Born January 9th, 1889 in Altrincham. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1940 at 51 years old in London. [ref]
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
German archaeologist and architect.
Born December 26th, 1853 in Barmen. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1940 at 86 years old in Lefkada. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 393
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran