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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Werner Henke
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born May 13th, 1909 in Toruń, Rudak.
Died June 15th, 1944 at 35 years old in Fort Hunt. [ref]
Hotsumi Ozaki
Japanese journalist.
Born April 29th, 1901 in Shirakawa-gō.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Toshima-ku (hanging).
Irvin S. Cobb
American writer (1876-1944).
Born June 23rd, 1876 in Paducah.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
Marion Harris
American singer (1896-1944).
Born April 4th, 1896 in Indiana.
Died April 23rd, 1944 at 48 years old in Manhattan.
Ferdinand Sammern-Frankenegg
Austrian member of the nazi party (1897-1944).
Born March 17th, 1897 in Grieskirchen.
Died September 20th, 1944 at 47 years old in Banja Luka (killed in action).
Kaj Munk
Danish playwright.
Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg.
Inigo Campioni
Italian naval officer (1878-1944).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Viareggio.
Died May 24th, 1944 at 65 years old in Parma (ballistic trauma).
Hideyoshi Obata
Imperial japanese army general.
Born April 2nd, 1890 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died August 11th, 1944 at 54 years old in Guam.
Merna Kennedy
Actress (1908-1944).
Born September 7th, 1908 in Kankakee. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1944 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan archbishop of the ukrainian greek catholic church (1865-1944).
Born July 29th, 1865 in Prylbychi. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1944 at 79 years old in Lviv (influenza). [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 562
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