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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
William I, Prince of Albania
Prince of albania (1876-1945).
Born March 26th, 1876 in Neuwied.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 69 years old in Predeal.
Henry Victor
English character actor (1892–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1892 in London.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer).
Leonid Pasternak
Russian artist (1862-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1862 in Odesa. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1945 at 83 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer.
Born December 16th, 1858 in Paddington.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 86 years old in England.
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
British diplomat (1858-1945).
Born January 12th, 1858 in London.
Died June 20th, 1945 at 87 years old in Cairo.
Kenneth J. Alford
English composer (1881–1945).
Born February 21st, 1881 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 64 years old in Reigate.
Prince Kyril, Prince of Preslav
Bulgarian royal (1895-1945).
Born November 17th, 1895 in Sofia.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 49 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Bogdan Filov
Bulgarian politician and archaeologist (1883-1945).
Born April 10th, 1883 in Stara Zagora.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Sofia (ballistic trauma).
Christian Weber
German ss general (1883-1945).
Born August 25th, 1883 in Polsingen.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 61 years old in Swabian Jura (traffic collision).
Denise Bloch
French secret agent (1916-1945).
Born January 21st, 1916 in Paris.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 29 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 727
I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather