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In the year 1945
734 Notable deaths
Yi U
Prince of korea (1912–1945).
Born November 15th, 1912 in Seoul.
Died August 7th, 1945 at 32 years old in Hiroshima (atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Roberto Farinacci
Italian politician (1892-1945).
Born October 16th, 1892 in Isernia.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 52 years old in Vimercate (gunshot wound).
Adolf Brand
German writer (1874-1945).
Born November 14th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Mark Sandrich
American film director (1900–1945).
Born October 26th, 1900 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1945 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Zinaida Gippius
Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945).
Born November 20th, 1869 in Belyov. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1945 at 75 years old in Paris.
Gottlieb Hering
Ss officer, second commandant of bełżec extermination camp (1887-1945).
Born June 2nd, 1887 in Warmbronn.
Died October 9th, 1945 at 58 years old in Kernen im Remstal.
Mile Budak
Croatian ustaše politician; writer, editor (1889-1945).
Born August 30th, 1889 in Sveti Rok.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 55 years old in Zagreb (hanging).
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Danish princess; sixth child and third daughter of frederick viii of denmark and louise of sweden (1880-1945).
Born March 14th, 1880 in Amalienborg.
Died November 2nd, 1945 at 65 years old in Copenhagen.
Josep Maria Sert
Spanish artist (1874-1945).
Born December 22nd, 1874 in Barcelona.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 70 years old in Barcelona.
Albert Sauer
German nazi concentration camp commandant (1898–1945).
Born January 11th, 1898 in Międzyzdroje, Gramsbergen.
Died May 3rd, 1945 at 47 years old in Falkensee, Varsseveld.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 734
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe