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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Violeta Yakova
Bulgarian terrorist in wwii.
Born June 2nd, 1923 in Dupnitsa.
Died June 18th, 1944 at 21 years old in Radomir.
Ludwig Dettmann
German painter (1865-1944).
Born July 25th, 1865 in Adelby. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1944 at 79 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kang Gyeong-ae
Korean writer, novelist and poet.
Born April 20th, 1907 in Songhwa County.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 37 years old in Hwanghae (disease).
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Actor (1858-1944).
Born February 28th, 1858 in London.
Died November 10th, 1944 at 86 years old in London.
Eberhard Finckh
German army officer and a member of the german resistance (1899–1944).
Born November 7th, 1899 in Kupferzell.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 44 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Georges Barrère
French flutist (1876-1944).
Born October 31st, 1876 in Bordeaux.
Died June 14th, 1944 at 67 years old in Kingston.
Heinrich Kühn
Austrian photographer (1866–1944).
Born February 25th, 1866 in Dresden.
Died October 9th, 1944 at 78 years old in Birgitz.
E. M. Antoniadi
Greek astronomer.
Born March 1st, 1870 in Constantinople. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1944 at 73 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
British–canadian mycologist (1874-1944).
Born August 19th, 1874 in Moseley.
Died July 3rd, 1944 at 69 years old in Winnipeg.
Wallace Worsley
American actor-film director (1878-1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Wappingers Falls.
Died March 26th, 1944 at 65 years old in Hollywood.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran