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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Frank Knox
47th secretary of the navy of the united states (1874-1944).
Born January 1st, 1874 in Boston.
Died April 28th, 1944 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Laird Cregar
Actor.
Born July 28th, 1914 in Philadelphia.
Died December 9th, 1944 at 30 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Heinz Brandt
German army officer and equestrian (1907-1944).
Born March 11th, 1907 in Charlottenburg.
Died August 22nd, 1944 at 37 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).
Albert B. Fall
American politician (1861–1944).
Born November 26th, 1861 in Frankfort.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 83 years old in El Paso.
George Herriman
American cartoonist (1880-1944).
Born August 22nd, 1880 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Ethel Smyth
English composer.
Born April 22nd, 1858 in Sidcup.
Died May 8th, 1944 at 86 years old in Woking.
Tanya Savicheva
Russian diarist (1930–1944).
Born January 23rd, 1930.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 14 years old in Shatki (intestinal tuberculosis).
Nikolai Vatutin
Soviet general.
Born December 16th, 1901 in Vatunino.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 42 years old in Kyiv (sepsis).
Walter Nowotny
Austrian born german officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1920–1944).
Born December 7th, 1920 in Gmünd.
Died November 8th, 1944 at 23 years old in Bramsche.
Charles Dana Gibson
American artist and illustrator (1867-1944).
Born September 14th, 1867 in Roxbury.
Died December 23rd, 1944 at 77 years old in Manhattan.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 617
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore