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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Paul Klee
Swiss artist (1879-1940).
Born December 18th, 1879 in Münchenbuchsee. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1940 at 60 years old in Muralto (scleroderma). [ref]
Walter Benjamin
German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940).
Born July 15th, 1892 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1940 at 48 years old in Portbou (opioid overdose). [ref]
Nikolai Yezhov
Nkvd director under joseph stalin (1895-1940).
Born May 1st, 1895 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 4th, 1940 at 44 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Madeleine Astor
American socialite and titanic survivor (1893-1940).
Born June 19th, 1893 in Brooklyn.
Died March 27th, 1940 at 46 years old in Palm Beach (coronary artery disease).
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian-ukrainian author.
Born May 15th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1940 at 48 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
K. B. Hedgewar
Founding leader of the rashtriya swayamsevak sangh.
Born April 1st, 1889 in Nagpur.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 51 years old in Nagpur.
Tom Mix
American actor (1880-1940).
Born January 6th, 1880 in Pennsylvania. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1940 at 60 years old in Florence (traffic collision). [ref]
Eric Gill
English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker (1882-1940).
Born February 22nd, 1882 in Brighton. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1940 at 58 years old in London Borough of Hillingdon (lung cancer). [ref]
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Prussian prince (1906-1940).
Born July 4th, 1906 in Potsdam.
Died May 26th, 1940 at 33 years old in Nivelles.
Walter Chrysler
American automotive industry executive.
Born April 2nd, 1875 in Kansas. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1940 at 65 years old in Kings Point. [ref]
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci