In the year 1943
456 Notable deaths
Ben Bernie
American jazz violinist, bandleader, radio personality.
Born May 30th, 1891 in Bayonne. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1943 at 52 years old in Hollywood (disease). [ref]
John Burns
English trade unionist and politician (1858-1943).
Born October 20th, 1858 in Vauxhall.
Died January 24th, 1943 at 84 years old in United Kingdom, Battersea.
Alexander Matrosov
Hero of the soviet union.
Born February 5th, 1924 in Dnipro.
Died February 27th, 1943 at 19 years old in Chernushki (ballistic trauma).
Else Ury
German writer.
Born November 1st, 1877 in Berlin.
Died January 13th, 1943 at 65 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Keiji Shibazaki
Japanese admiral.
Born April 9th, 1894 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died November 25th, 1943 at 49 years old in Tarawa.
Tully Marshall
Actor.
Born April 10th, 1864 in Nevada City.
Died March 10th, 1943 at 78 years old in Encino (myocardial infarction).
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
Portuguese infanta (1857-1943).
Born March 19th, 1857 in Bronnbach.
Died March 11th, 1943 at 85 years old in Vienna.
Szmul Zygielbojm
Jewish-polish politician (1895-1943).
Born February 21st, 1895 in Warsaw, Borowica, Lublin Voivodeship.
Died May 12th, 1943 at 48 years old in London (intoxication).
Shaul Tchernichovsky
Russian-born hebrew poet (1875 – 1943).
Born August 20th, 1875 in Mykhailivka. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1943 at 68 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Giuseppe Terragni
Italian architect (1904-1943).
Born April 18th, 1904 in Meda, Mêda. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1943 at 39 years old in Como, Pavia (thrombosis). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 456
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