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In the year 1944
579 Notable deaths
Ethel Smyth
English composer.
Born April 22nd, 1858 in Sidcup.
Died May 8th, 1944 at 86 years old in Woking.
Agustín Pío Barrios
Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944).
Born May 5th, 1885 in San Juan Bautista.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in San Salvador (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Violette Morris
French athlete.
Born April 18th, 1893 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 51 years old in Eure. [ref]
Antanas Smetona
First president of lithuania from 4 april 1919 until 19 june 1920.
Born August 10th, 1874 in Užulėnis.
Died January 9th, 1944 at 69 years old in Cleveland (conflagration).
Colby Ruckle
Canadian first world war flying ace (1893-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1893 in Carleton Place.
Died March 9th, 1944 at 50 years old in Whitchurch–Stouffville (myocardial infarction).
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
German general and resistance fighter.
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Berlin.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 58 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Nikolai Vatutin
Soviet military officer.
Born December 16th, 1901 in Kursk.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 42 years old in Rivne (sepsis).
Louis Buchalter
American mobster.
Born February 6th, 1897 in New York City.
Died March 4th, 1944 at 47 years old in Sing Sing (electrocution).
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
Pilot for the imperial japanese navy air service during world war ii.
Born January 27th, 1920 in Ogawa.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 24 years old in Mindoro (killed in action).
Erich Fellgiebel
German general (1886–1944).
Born October 4th, 1886 in Popowice.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 57 years old in Plötzensee Prison (gunshot wound).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 579
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