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In the year 1947
388 Notable deaths
Alphonzo Bell
Us oil millionaire and tennis player (1875-1947).
Born September 29th, 1875 in Los Angeles.
Died December 27th, 1947 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Henri Casadesus
Violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher (1879-1947).
Born September 30th, 1879 in 19th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1947 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Clement Calhoun Young
Governor of california (1869-1947).
Born April 28th, 1869 in Lisbon.
Died December 26th, 1947 at 78 years old in Berkeley.
Wilhelm Heye
German major general.
Born January 31st, 1869 in Fulda.
Died March 11th, 1947 at 78 years old in Braunlage.
Georg Kolbe
German sculptor (1877-1947).
Born April 13th, 1877 in Waldheim. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1947 at 70 years old in Berlin (bladder cancer). [ref]
Lucjan Żeligowski
Polish officer (1865-1947).
Born October 17th, 1865 in Ashmyany.
Died July 9th, 1947 at 81 years old in London.
Archduchess Maria Cristina, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Two sicilian and austro-tuscan imperial and royal.
Born April 10th, 1877 in Cannes.
Died October 4th, 1947 at 70 years old in Sankt Gilgen.
Eduard Ritter von Schleich
German general (1888-1947).
Born August 9th, 1888 in Munich.
Died November 15th, 1947 at 59 years old in Dießen am Ammersee (cardiovascular disease).
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
English novelist.
Born August 5th, 1868 in London.
Died November 14th, 1947 at 79 years old in Hampshire. [ref]
George Forbes
New zealand politician (1869-1947).
Born March 12th, 1869 in Lyttelton.
Died May 17th, 1947 at 78 years old in Wellington.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 388
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran