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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Arthur Wynne
Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Liverpool.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Clearwater.
Archibald Murray
British army officer, 1860 –1945.
Born April 21st, 1860 in Kingsclere.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 84 years old in Reigate.
Theodor Dannecker
Ss officer (1913-1945).
Born March 27th, 1913 in Tübingen.
Died December 10th, 1945 at 32 years old in Bad Tölz.
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
Royal navy officer (1872-1945).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Punjab.
Died December 26th, 1945 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Wilhelm Rediess
German waffen-ss general and police leader (1900-1945).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Heinsberg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1945 at 44 years old in Skaugum (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Ludza. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. [ref]
Yi U
Prince of korea (1912–1945).
Born November 15th, 1912 in Seoul.
Died August 7th, 1945 at 32 years old in Hiroshima (atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Roberto Farinacci
Italian politician (1892-1945).
Born October 16th, 1892 in Isernia.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 52 years old in Vimercate (gunshot wound).
Adolf Brand
German writer (1874-1945).
Born November 14th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Mark Sandrich
American film director (1900–1945).
Born October 26th, 1900 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1945 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 727
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