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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Achille Starace
Italian fascist general (1889-1945).
Born August 18th, 1889 in Sannicola. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1945 at 55 years old in Milan (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Max Ehrmann
American writer, poet, and attorney (1872–1945).
Born September 26th, 1872 in Terre Haute.
Died September 9th, 1945 at 72 years old in Terre Haute.
Karl Fritzsch
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Sigmund Rascher
German schutzstaffel doctor (1909–1945).
Born February 12th, 1909 in Munich.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 36 years old in Dachau concentration camp (execution by shooting).
Eduard Wirths
German nazi physician (1909–1945).
Born September 4th, 1909 in Geroldshausen.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 36 years old in Staumühle (hanging).
Mitsuru Ushijima
General in the imperial japanese army.
Born July 31st, 1887 in Kagoshima.
Died June 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Okinawa (stabbing). [ref]
Takeichi Nishi
Japanese army officer and equestrian (1902-1945).
Born July 12th, 1902 in Kōgaichō.
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 42 years old in Iwo Jima.
René Lalique
French glass designer (1860-1945).
Born April 6th, 1860 in Aÿ. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1945 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945).
Born July 12th, 1872 in Trhové Sviny. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]
Aleksey Tolstoy
Russian-soviet writer (1883-1945).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Pugachyov.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Deaths 101 to 110 of 727
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel