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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Kesago Nakajima
Japanese general (1881-1945).
Born June 15th, 1881 in Oita Prefecture.
Died October 28th, 1945 at 64 years old
Walter Gross
German physician and nazi politician (1904-1945).
Born October 21st, 1904 in Kassel.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 40 years old in Berlin.
Gustav Cassel
Swedish economist (1866–1945).
Born October 20th, 1866 in Stockholm.
Died January 15th, 1945 at 78 years old in Jönköping.
Herbert L. Clarke
American conductor (1867-1945).
Born September 12th, 1867 in Woburn.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 77 years old in Long Beach.
Demyan Bedny
Soviet poet.
Born April 13th, 1883 in Gubivka. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Luisa Ferida
Italien actress (1914–1945).
Born March 18th, 1914 in Castel San Pietro Terme.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 31 years old in Milan (gunshot wound).
Karl Leisner
German roman catholic priest and martyr (1915–1945).
Born February 28th, 1915 in Rees.
Died August 12th, 1945 at 30 years old in Waldsanatorium bei Planegg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Emil von Reznicek
Austrian late romantic composer.
Born May 4th, 1861 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 84 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Adriano Visconti
Italian fighter pilot, aviator and military personnel (1915–1945).
Born November 11th, 1915 in Tripoli.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 29 years old in Milan.
Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer
German physician and bacteriologist.
Born March 27th, 1858 in Zduny.
Died September 15th, 1945 at 87 years old in Lądek-Zdrój.
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