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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Charles Williams
British poet, novelist, theologian, literary critic, and member of the inklings (1886–1945).
Born September 20th, 1886 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 58 years old in Oxford.
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Ss physician (1910-1945).
Born July 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Berlin (cyanide poisoning).
Bertram Home Ramsay
Royal navy admiral (1883–1945).
Born January 20th, 1883 in Hampton Court Palace.
Died January 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Toussus-le-Noble.
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
British colonial administrator (1858-1945).
Born January 22nd, 1858 in Chennai.
Died April 11th, 1945 at 87 years old in Dorking.
Michael Strank
United states marine.
Born November 10th, 1919 in Jarabina.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 25 years old in Iwo Jima.
Lucille La Verne
American actress (1872–1945).
Born November 7th, 1872 in Nashville.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 72 years old in Culver City (cancer).
Cosmo Gordon Lang
British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945).
Born October 31st, 1864 in Fyvie.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 81 years old in Kew.
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
German general; reichsarzt; facilitated medical torture and experiments on nazi concentration camp inmates.
Born June 8th, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 45 years old in Babelsberg (hand grenade).
Korechika Anami
Japanese general (1887–1945).
Born February 21st, 1887 in Taketa.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 58 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).
Wolfram von Richthofen
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945).
Born October 10th, 1895 in Bartoszówek.
Died July 12th, 1945 at 49 years old (brain cancer).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 727
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