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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Russian composer.
Born May 15th, 1873 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux. [ref]
Senkichi Awaya
Japanese judoka (1893–1945).
Born November 7th, 1893 in Sendai.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 51 years old in Hiroshima.
Yu Dafu
Chinese writer (1896–1945).
Born December 7th, 1896 in Fuyang District.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 48 years old in Payakumbuh.
Gideon Klein
Czech composer (1919–1945).
Born December 6th, 1919 in Přerov. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1945 at 25 years old in extermination camp, Fürstengrube. [ref]
Enrico Caviglia
Marshal of italy (1862-1945).
Born May 4th, 1862 in Finale Ligure. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 82 years old in Finale Ligure. [ref]
Kesago Nakajima
Japanese general (1881-1945).
Born June 15th, 1881 in Oita Prefecture.
Died October 28th, 1945 at 64 years old
Walter Gross
German physician and nazi politician (1904-1945).
Born October 21st, 1904 in Kassel.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 40 years old in Berlin.
Gustav Cassel
Swedish economist (1866–1945).
Born October 20th, 1866 in Stockholm.
Died January 15th, 1945 at 78 years old in Jönköping.
Herbert L. Clarke
American conductor (1867-1945).
Born September 12th, 1867 in Woburn.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 77 years old in Long Beach.
Demyan Bedny
Soviet poet.
Born April 13th, 1883 in Gubivka. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 727
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld