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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Nikola Mikhov
Regent of bulgaria (1891-1945).
Born December 11th, 1891 in Veliko Tarnovo.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 53 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Lucien Simon
French painter (1861-1945).
Born July 18th, 1861 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Combrit. [ref]
Christa Tordy
German actress (1904-1945).
Born June 30th, 1904 in Bremen.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 40 years old in Bad Saarow.
Mustafa Busuladžić
Bosnian writer.
Born April 14th, 1914 in Trebinje.
Died June 29th, 1945 at 31 years old in Sarajevo (ballistic trauma).
Nikolaus Gross
German resistance fighter (1898–1945).
Born September 30th, 1898 in Niederwenigern.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Camille Mauclair
French writer (1872-1945).
Born December 29th, 1872 in Paris.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 72 years old in Paris.
James G. Scrugham
American politician (1880-1945).
Born January 19th, 1880 in Lexington.
Died June 23rd, 1945 at 65 years old in San Diego.
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Japanese general.
Born May 25th, 1878 in Ehime Prefecture. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1945 at 67 years old
José Gutiérrez Solana
Spanish painter (1886-1945).
Born February 28th, 1886 in Madrid. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1945 at 59 years old in Madrid.
Edith Rebecca Saunders
British geneticist (1865-1945).
Born October 14th, 1865 in Brighton.
Died June 6th, 1945 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius