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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Boris Shaposhnikov
Marshal of the soviet union (1882-1945).
Born October 2nd, 1882 in Zlatoust.
Died March 26th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Matome Ugaki
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1890–1945).
Born February 15th, 1890 in Okayama.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 55 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian activist.
Born September 9th, 1872 in Kolkata.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Kolkata.
Jacques Doriot
French journalist, communist, fascist politician (1898-1945).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Bresles.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Mengen (gunshot wound).
Willis Augustus Lee
Admiral (1888-1945).
Born May 11th, 1888 in Owen County.
Died August 25th, 1945 at 57 years old in Portland (myocardial infarction).
Sara Josephine Baker
American physician (1873-1945).
Born November 15th, 1873 in Poughkeepsie.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 71 years old in New York City.
Elfego Baca
American sheriff (1865-1945).
Born February 10th, 1865 in Socorro.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Albuquerque.
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Otto Neurath
Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945).
Born December 10th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died December 22nd, 1945 at 63 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Heinrich Ehrler
German world war ii fighter pilot (1917–1945).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Lauda-Königshofen.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 727
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau