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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Konstantin Gorbatov
Russian artist (1876-1945).
Born May 17th, 1876 in Tolyatti.
Died May 24th, 1945 at 69 years old in Berlin.
Leopold Jessner
German film producer (1878–1945).
Born March 3rd, 1878 in Königsberg.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 67 years old in Hollywood.
Stefan Jaracz
Polish actor (1883-1945).
Born December 24th, 1883 in Tarnów, Stare Żukowice.
Died August 11th, 1945 at 61 years old in Otwock (tuberculosis).
Alessandro Longo
Italian composer (1864–1945).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Amantea.
Died November 3rd, 1945 at 80 years old in Naples.
Blas Cabrera Felipe
Spanish physicist (1878-1945).
Born May 20th, 1878 in Arrecife. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1945 at 67 years old in Mexico City (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Joseph MacRory
Catholic cardinal (1861-1945).
Born March 19th, 1861 in Ballygawley.
Died October 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Armagh.
Peter Chalmers Mitchell
British zoologist.
Born November 23rd, 1864 in Sheffield.
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 80 years old in Glasgow (traffic collision).
Isis Pogson
British astronomer and meteorologist..
Born September 28th, 1852 in Oxford.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 92 years old in Croydon (disease).
José Juan Tablada
Mexican poet, art critic and diplomat (1871-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1871 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 74 years old in New York City. [ref]
Charles Sands
American golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City.
Deaths 511 to 520 of 735
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon