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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Alla Nazimova
Russian-american actress, screenwriter and producer (1879-1945).
Died July 13th, 1945 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Hans Krebs
German general.
Born March 4th, 1898 in Helmstedt.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Josef Kramer
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906-1945).
Born November 10th, 1906 in Munich. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
Jerome Kern
American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945).
Born January 27th, 1885 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1945 at 60 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Japanese general (1891-1945).
Born July 7th, 1891 in Nishijō. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1945 at 53 years old in Iwo Jima (killed in action).
Emily Carr
Canadian painter and writer (1871-1945).
Born December 13th, 1871 in Victoria. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1945 at 73 years old in Victoria (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert Ley
German nazi politician; indicted by the international military tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945).
Born February 15th, 1890 in Niederbreidenbach. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging). [ref]
Ernie Pyle
American war correspondent and writer.
Born August 3rd, 1900 in Dana.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 44 years old in Iejima.
Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician (1892–1945).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Kraków.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 53 years old in Lviv (lung cancer). [ref]
Violette Szabo
French-british soe spy.
Born June 26th, 1921 in Levallois-Perret.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 23 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 41 to 50 of 662
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht