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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Dobri Bozhilov
Bulgarian politician (1884-1945).
Born June 13th, 1884 in Kotel.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 60 years old in Sofia (ballistic trauma).
Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe
German prince (1868-1945).
Born January 30th, 1868 in Ratibořice.
Died December 12th, 1945 at 77 years old in Kudowa-Zdrój.
Pope Macarius III of Alexandria
Pope of the coptic orthodox church (1872–1945).
Born February 18th, 1872 in El Mahalla El Kubra.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Hugo Jury
Austrian politician (1887-1945).
Born July 13th, 1887 in Radiměř. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1945 at 57 years old in Zwettl (ballistic trauma).
Wilhelm Cauer
German mathematician and scientist.
Born June 24th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin.
Percy Sykes
British general, diplomat and scholar (1867–1945).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Brompton.
Died June 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in London.
Shalva Loladze
Soviet air force officer (1916-1945).
Born April 16th, 1916 in Tbilisi.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 29 years old in Texel.
Guido Buffarini Guidi
Italian army officer and politician (1895-1945).
Born August 17th, 1895 in Pisa.
Died July 10th, 1945 at 49 years old in Milan (ballistic trauma).
Sōsaku Suzuki
Japanese general (1891–1945).
Born September 27th, 1891 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died April 19th, 1945 at 53 years old in Philippines.
Paul Thümmel
German counterintelligence agent (1902–1945).
Born January 15th, 1902 in Neuhausen.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 43 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress, Terezín (gunshot wound).
Deaths 391 to 400 of 735
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami