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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Edward Alphonso Goldman
American zoologist (1873-1946).
Born July 7th, 1873 in Mount Carroll, Mount Carmel.
Died September 2nd, 1946 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..
Heinrich Kaminski
German composer.
Born July 4th, 1886 in Waldshut-Tiengen. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1946 at 59 years old in Kochel. [ref]
Carl Gustav Witt
German astronomer (1866–1946).
Born October 29th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died January 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Falkensee.
Grigory Neujmin
Russian astronomer.
Born January 3rd, 1886 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1946 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eduard Bass
Czech theater reviewer, theater manager, actor, publicist, translator, satirist, writer and singer.
Born January 1st, 1888 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1946 at 58 years old in Prague. [ref]
Lee Kohlmar
German actor and film director (1873-1946).
Born February 27th, 1873 in Nuremberg.
Died May 14th, 1946 at 73 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Kurth
Swiss music theorist (1886-1946).
Born June 1st, 1886 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 60 years old in Bern. [ref]
Phil Jutzi
German film director and cinematographer.
Born July 22nd, 1896 in Altleiningen. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1946 at 49 years old in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. [ref]
Ivan Moskvin
Russian actor (1874-1946).
Born June 18th, 1874 in Moscow.
Died February 16th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Louis Zutter
Swiss gymnast (1865-1946).
Born December 2nd, 1865 in Les Ponts-de-Martel.
Died November 10th, 1946 at 80 years old in Boudry.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 420
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius