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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Simon Flexner
American scientist (1863-1946).
Born March 25th, 1863 in Louisville. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1946 at 83 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Wain Prior
Danish general.
Born July 18th, 1876 in Copenhagen.
Died March 9th, 1946 at 69 years old in Frederiksberg.
Florence Turner
American actress (1885-1946).
Born January 6th, 1885 in New York City.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 61 years old in Woodland Hills.
Béla Imrédy
Hungarian prime minister (1891-1946).
Born December 29th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 28th, 1946 at 54 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma).
Moisei Ginzburg
Russian architect, soviet writer.
Born June 4th, 1892 in Minsk. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1946 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Dominican republic writer (1884-1946).
Born June 29th, 1884 in Santo Domingo. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Cesare Orsenigo
Roman catholic archbishop (1873-1946).
Born December 13th, 1873 in Italy.
Died April 1st, 1946 at 72 years old in Eichstätt.
Wen Yiduo
Chinese poet and scholar (1899–1946).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Xishui County.
Died July 17th, 1946 at 46 years old in Kunming.
Erwin Rösener
German politician (1902-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1902 in Schwerte.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 44 years old in Ljubljana (hanging).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 420
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson