In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Stemmermann
German general and knight's cross recipient (1888–1944).
Born October 30th, 1888 in Rastatt.
Died February 18th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cherkasy.
Edel Quinn
Roman catholic lay missionary.
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kanturk.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 36 years old in Nairobi (tuberculosis).
Robert Frazer
American actor (1891-1944).
Born June 29th, 1891 in Worcester.
Died August 17th, 1944 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Alan Dinehart
American actor (1889-1944).
Born October 3rd, 1889 in Saint Paul.
Died July 17th, 1944 at 54 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Itzhak Katzenelson
Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist, murdered in holocaust (1886-1944).
Born July 1st, 1886 in Kareličy.
Died May 1st, 1944 at 57 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
Czech educator and artist (1898-1944).
Born July 30th, 1898 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1944 at 46 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Harold P. Brown
American inventor (1869-1932).
Born September 16th, 1857 in Janesville. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1944 at 86 years old in Volusia. [ref]
Karl Eglseer
German general and knight's cross recipients (1890-1944).
Born July 5th, 1890 in Bad Ischl.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 53 years old in Rettenegg.
Berthold von Deimling
German general (1853-1944).
Born March 21st, 1853 in Karlsruhe.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 90 years old in Baden-Baden.
Luigi Maglione
Catholic cardinal (1877–1944).
Born March 3rd, 1877 in Casoria.
Died August 22nd, 1944 at 67 years old in Casoria. [ref]
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Death? Be as proud as you want: bore me later, because Love is sovereign here. Life never ends. Joy comes in the morning. Glory hallelujah. And let it be so. Anne Lamott