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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Marc Bloch
French historian and resistance fighter.
Died June 16th, 1944 at 57 years old in Saint-Didier-de-Formans (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Amy Beach
American composer and pianist.
Born September 5th, 1867 in Henniker. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1944 at 77 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist.
Born June 28th, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1944 at 71 years old in Paris. [ref]
Heinz Heydrich
Ss officer.
Born September 29th, 1905 in Halle (Saale).
Died November 19th, 1944 at 39 years old in Prabuty (gunshot wound).
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
British military officer during world wars i and ii.
Born July 11th, 1892 in Mobberley.
Died November 14th, 1944 at 52 years old in Grenoble.
Fritz Pfeffer
German physician.
Born April 30th, 1889 in Giessen.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 55 years old in Neuengamme concentration camp.
Stephen Leacock
Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944).
Born December 30th, 1869 in Hampshire.
Died March 28th, 1944 at 74 years old in Toronto (esophageal cancer).
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
British politician, businessman and army officer (1880-1944).
Born March 29th, 1880 in Dublin.
Died November 6th, 1944 at 64 years old in Cairo.
Louis Buchalter
American mobster (1899-1947).
Born February 6th, 1897 in New York City.
Died March 4th, 1944 at 47 years old in Sing Sing (electrocution).
Erich Hoepner
German general (1886–1944).
Born September 14th, 1886 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died August 8th, 1944 at 57 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 617
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