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In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Bella Rosenfeld
American writer and artist model (1889-1944).
Born December 14th, 1889 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in New York City (viral infectious disease).
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Indian scholar and political activist (1872–1944).
Born March 10th, 1872 in Sialkot.
Died August 21st, 1944 at 72 years old in Rahim Yar Khan District, Din Pur Sharif.
Frank Marshall
American chess player.
Born August 10th, 1877 in Brooklyn.
Died November 9th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
Missak Manouchian
Armenian resistance fighter and poet (1906-1944).
Born September 1st, 1906 in Adıyaman. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1944 at 37 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Falley
German general (1897-1944).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Metz.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 46 years old in Sainte-Mère-Église.
Bud Jamison
Actor (1894-1944).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Vallejo.
Died September 30th, 1944 at 50 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer).
Félix Éboué
French guiana politician (1884-1944).
Born December 26th, 1884 in Cayenne.
Died May 17th, 1944 at 59 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Walter Heitz
German general (1878–1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Józef Beck
Polish diplomat and military officer (1894-1944).
Born October 4th, 1894 in Warsaw.
Died June 5th, 1944 at 49 years old in Stănești (tuberculosis).
Arthur Quiller-Couch
British writer and literary critic (1863–1944).
Born November 21st, 1863 in Bodmin.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 80 years old in Fowey (traffic collision).
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)