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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Demyan Bedny
Soviet poet.
Born April 13th, 1883 in Gubivka. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Luisa Ferida
Italien actress.
Born March 18th, 1914 in Castel San Pietro Terme. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1945 at 31 years old in Milan (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Karl Leisner
German catholic priest and martyr.
Born February 28th, 1915 in Rees, am Rhein. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1945 at 30 years old in Waldsanatorium bei Planegg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Emil von Reznicek
Austrian late romantic composer.
Born May 4th, 1861 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 84 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Adriano Visconti
Italian fighter pilot, aviator and military personnel (1915–1945).
Born November 11th, 1915 in Tripoli.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 29 years old in Milan.
Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer
German physician and bacteriologist.
Born March 27th, 1858 in Zduny.
Died September 15th, 1945 at 87 years old in Lądek-Zdrój.
Kiyoshi Miki
Japanese philosopher.
Born January 5th, 1897 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 48 years old
Robert Sterling Yard
Wilderness activist and publicist (1861-1945).
Born February 1st, 1861 in Haverstraw.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Kurt von der Chevallerie
German general and knight's cross recipients (1891-1945).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Berlin.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kołobrzeg.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 728
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe