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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Johann Niemann
German ss officer.
Born August 4th, 1913 in Völlen.
Died October 14th, 1943 at 30 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp (axe).
Aurel Stein
Hungarian-british archaeologist (1862-1943).
Born November 26th, 1862 in Pest.
Died October 26th, 1943 at 80 years old in Kabul.
Dilly Knox
British cryptographer (1884-1943).
Born July 23rd, 1884 in Oxford.
Died February 27th, 1943 at 58 years old in Hughenden (lymphoma).
W. S. Van Dyke
American film director (1889-1943).
Born March 21st, 1889 in San Diego. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1943 at 53 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Frank Maxwell Andrews
United states army general (1884–1943).
Born February 3rd, 1884 in Nashville.
Died May 3rd, 1943 at 59 years old in Fagradalsfjall.
Alexander Schmorell
Active within the white rose non-violent resistance group in nazi germany.
Born September 16th, 1917 in Orenburg.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation).
Chaïm Soutine
Belarusian-french painter (1893–1943).
Born January 13th, 1893 in Smilavičy.
Died August 9th, 1943 at 50 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (stomach cancer).
Laurence Binyon
English poet, dramatist, and art scholar (1869-1943).
Born August 10th, 1869 in Lancaster. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1943 at 73 years old in Reading. [ref]
Howard Atwood Kelly
American academic and gynecologist (1858–1943).
Born February 20th, 1858 in Camden.
Died January 12th, 1943 at 84 years old in Baltimore.
Arthur Streeton
Australian landscape impressionist (1867-1943).
Born April 8th, 1867 in Duneed. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1943 at 76 years old in Olinda.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 493
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut