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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Richard Sears
American tennis player (1861-1943).
Born October 16th, 1861 in Boston.
Died April 8th, 1943 at 81 years old in Boston.
Carlo Tresca
American newspaper editor.
Born March 9th, 1879 in Sulmona.
Died January 11th, 1943 at 63 years old in New York City.
Henriette Caillaux
Second wife of the former prime minister of france (1874-1943).
Born December 5th, 1874 in Rueil-Malmaison.
Died January 29th, 1943 at 68 years old in Mamers.
Ottla Kafka
Sister of franz kafka.
Born October 29th, 1892 in Prague.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 50 years old in Auschwitz.
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
Last crown prince of the kingdom of saxony (1893–1943).
Born January 15th, 1893 in Dresden.
Died May 14th, 1943 at 50 years old in Groß Glienicke (drowning).
Ugo Cavallero
Italian general (1880-1943).
Born September 20th, 1880 in Casale Monferrato.
Died September 13th, 1943 at 62 years old in Frascati (gunshot wound).
Kurt Huber
German folk song researcher, professor at the ludwig-maximilians-university munich, member of the white rose (1893-1943).
Born October 24th, 1893 in Chur.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 49 years old in Munich, Munich Prison (decapitation).
Takeda Sōkaku
Japanese martial artist (1859-1943).
Born October 10th, 1859 in Aizu.
Died April 25th, 1943 at 83 years old in Japan.
Montagu Love
British actor.
Born March 15th, 1880 in Portsmouth.
Died May 17th, 1943 at 63 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Willi Graf
German military physician and resistance fighter, "white rose" member (1918–1943).
Born January 2nd, 1918 in Kuchenheim.
Died October 12th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation by guillotine).
Deaths 101 to 110 of 493
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young