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In the year 1941
398 Notable deaths
Juan Corzo
Chess master (1873-1941).
Born June 24th, 1873 in Madrid.
Died September 27th, 1941 at 68 years old in Havana.
Aleksandrs Grīns
Latvian author, officer and journalist (1895-1941).
Born August 15th, 1895 in Birži Parish.
Died December 25th, 1941 at 46 years old in Astrakhan.
Vasil Kutinchev
Bulgarian general (1859-1941).
Born February 25th, 1859 in Ruse.
Died March 30th, 1941 at 82 years old in Sofia.
Vera Voloshina
Soviet partisan (1919-1941).
Born September 30th, 1919 in Kemerovo.
Died November 29th, 1941 at 22 years old in Golovkovo (hanging).
Bohumír Šmeral
Czechoslovak politician, journalist and publicist (1880-1941).
Born October 25th, 1880 in Třebíč. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1941 at 60 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Joseph Kutter
Luxembourg painter (1894-1941).
Born December 12th, 1894 in Luxembourg. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 46 years old in Luxembourg. [ref]
Izidor Kürschner
Brazilian association football player (1885-1941).
Born March 23rd, 1885 in Budapest.
Died October 13th, 1941 at 56 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Cornelia Barns
American illustrator and cartoonist (1888-1941).
Born September 25th, 1888 in Flushing.
Died November 4th, 1941 at 53 years old in Los Gatos (tuberculosis).
Ruth Stonehouse
Actress, film director (1892-1941).
Born September 28th, 1892 in Denver.
Died May 12th, 1941 at 48 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Marcel Prévost
French writer (1862-1941).
Born May 1st, 1862 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1941 at 78 years old in Vianne. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 398
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard