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In the year 1944
561 Notable deaths
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]
Cayetano Santos Godinos
Serial killer.
Born October 31st, 1896 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 48 years old in Ushuaia (bleeding).
Abbas II
Khedive of egypt and sudan (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914).
Born July 14th, 1874 in Alexandria.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 70 years old in Geneva.
Charles Dana Gibson
American artist and illustrator (1867-1944).
Born September 14th, 1867 in Roxbury. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1944 at 77 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
German noble.
Born March 15th, 1905 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
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).
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).
Eduard Dietl
German general.
Born July 21st, 1890 in Bad Aibling.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 53 years old in Hartberg.
Ethel Smyth
English composer.
Born April 22nd, 1858 in Sidcup.
Died May 8th, 1944 at 86 years old in Woking.
Agustín Pío Barrios
Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944).
Born May 5th, 1885 in San Juan Bautista.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in San Salvador (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 561
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