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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Vilém Kurz
Czech music educator and pianist (1872–1945).
Born December 23rd, 1872 in Havlíčkův Brod. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1945 at 72 years old in New Town. [ref]
Albert Arnheiter
German rower.
Born July 20th, 1890 in Ludwigshafen.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Casalpusterlengo.
Georgios von Metaxa
Austrian tennis player.
Born October 7th, 1914 in Vienna.
Died April 1st, 1945 at 30 years old in Yugoslavia. [ref]
Dorothea Köring
German tennis player.
Born July 1st, 1880 in Chemnitz.
Died February 13th, 1945 at 64 years old in Dresden.
Max Amann
German water polo player (1905–1945).
Born January 19th, 1905 in Magdeburg.
Died December 24th, 1945 at 40 years old
Yoshiki Hayama
Japanese writer.
Born March 12th, 1894 in Toyotsu.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 51 years old in Manchuria (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ryosuke Nunoi
Japanese tennis player (1909-1945).
Born January 18th, 1909 in Kobe.
Died July 21st, 1945 at 36 years old in Myanmar (gunshot wound).
Kaarlo Sarkia
Finnish poet.
Born May 11th, 1902 in Kiikka.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 43 years old in Sysmä (tuberculosis).
Albert Taillandier
French racing cyclist.
Born February 8th, 1879 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 27th, 1945 at 66 years old in Auzances. [ref]
Gabriel El-Registan
Soviet armenien poet (1899–1945).
Born December 15th, 1899 in Samarkand.
Died June 30th, 1945 at 45 years old in Moscow.
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