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In the year 1941
390 Notable deaths
Herschel Mayall
Actor (1863-1941).
Born July 12th, 1863 in Bowling Green.
Died June 10th, 1941 at 77 years old in Detroit (stroke).
Marcus Hurley
American racing cyclist.
Born December 22nd, 1883 in New Rochelle.
Died March 28th, 1941 at 57 years old in New York City.
Toivo Antikainen
Finnish politician.
Born June 8th, 1898 in Helsinki.
Died October 4th, 1941 at 43 years old in Arkhangelsk.
Edgar Aabye
Danish tug of war competitor.
Born September 1st, 1865 in Helsingør.
Died April 30th, 1941 at 75 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Stanisław Ruziewicz
Polish mathematician (1889–1941).
Born August 29th, 1889 in Kolomyia.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 51 years old in Lviv (massacre of Lviv professors).
Paul Duboc
French racing cyclist.
Born April 2nd, 1884 in Rouen.
Died August 19th, 1941 at 57 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Johannes Schlaf
German playwright, author, and translator and an important exponent of naturalism.
Born June 21st, 1862 in Querfurt. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Querfurt. [ref]
Theodor Siebs
German linguist.
Born August 26th, 1862 in Bremen. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1941 at 78 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
Lawrence Whitney
American shot putter (1891-1941).
Born February 2nd, 1891 in Millbury.
Died April 24th, 1941 at 50 years old in Boston.
Jakob Emanuel Lange
Danish mycologist (1864-1941).
Born April 2nd, 1864 in Flensburg.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 77 years old in Odense.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 390
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir