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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Fethi Okyar
Turkish politician (1880-1943).
Born April 29th, 1880 in Prilep.
Died May 7th, 1943 at 63 years old in Istanbul, Ankara.
Frank Calder
Canadian ice hockey administrator (1877-1943).
Born November 17th, 1877 in Bristol.
Died February 4th, 1943 at 65 years old in Montreal.
Viktor Pavičić
Croatian soldier (1898–1943).
Born October 15th, 1898 in Gospić.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 44 years old in Volgograd.
Otto Rühle
German councilist activist (1874-1943).
Born October 23rd, 1874 in Großvoigtsberg.
Died June 24th, 1943 at 68 years old in Mexico City.
Nordahl Grieg
Norwegian author (1902–1943).
Born November 1st, 1902 in Bergen.
Died December 3rd, 1943 at 41 years old in Kleinmachnow.
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Russian theatre director (1858-1943).
Born December 23rd, 1858 in Ozurgeti.
Died April 25th, 1943 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Sava Kovačević
Yugoslav partisan commander (1905–1943).
Born January 25th, 1905 in Montenegro.
Died June 13th, 1943 at 38 years old in Krekovi.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943).
Born December 13th, 1856 in Boston.
Died January 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Boston.
George Washington Crile
American surgeon and co-founder of cleveland clinic.
Born November 11th, 1864 in Chili.
Died January 7th, 1943 at 78 years old in Cleveland.
Kočo Racin
Writer, poet and communist (1908–1943).
Born December 22nd, 1908 in Veles.
Died June 13th, 1943 at 34 years old in Mount Bistra. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 493
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel