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In the year 1944
579 Notable deaths
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
German resistance member (1905-1944).
Born March 25th, 1905 in Munich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 39 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Harry Langdon
American actor and comedian (1884-1944).
Born June 15th, 1884 in Council Bluffs. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 60 years old in Hollywood (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
William Temple
Archbishop of canterbury (1881-1944).
Born October 15th, 1881 in Exeter.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 63 years old in Kent.
Sergei Bulgakov
Russian orthodox christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871-1944).
Born June 28th, 1871 in Livny.
Died July 13th, 1944 at 73 years old in Paris (laryngeal cancer).
John Dill
Army officer.
Born December 25th, 1881 in Lurgan.
Died November 4th, 1944 at 62 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Robert G. Cole
United states army medal of honor recipient.
Born March 19th, 1915 in San Antonio.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 29 years old in Best.
Cécile Chaminade
French composer and pianist.
Born August 8th, 1857 in Batignolles. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1944 at 86 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Erich Marcks
German general.
Born June 6th, 1891 in Schöneberg.
Died June 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saint-Lô.
Vera Menchik
Czech chess player.
Born March 1st, 1906 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 38 years old in Clapham.
Wilhelm Falley
German general (1897-1944).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Metz.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 46 years old in Sainte-Mère-Église.
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid