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8 Notable deaths
by pleurisy
Maxwell Perkins
American literary editor.
Born September 20th, 1884 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 1947 at 62 years old in Stamford (pleurisy). [ref]
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
American broadway impresario.
Born March 21st, 1867 in Chicago.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 65 years old in Hollywood (pleurisy).
Paul Deschanel
11th president of the french republic (1855-1922).
Born February 13th, 1855 in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1922 at 67 years old in Paris (pleurisy). [ref]
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Turkish poet.
Born October 4th, 1910 in Diyarbakır. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1956 at 45 years old in Vienna (pleurisy).
Alexander Vvedensky
Russian poet with formidable influence on "unofficial" and avant-garde art during and after the times of the soviet union.
Born December 19th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1941 at 37 years old in Kazan (pleurisy).
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak
Russian writer.
Born November 6th, 1852 in Visim. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1912 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (pleurisy). [ref]
Otto Siffling
German footballer (1912-1939).
Born August 3rd, 1912 in Mannheim.
Died October 20th, 1939 at 27 years old in Mannheim (pleurisy).
Ferdinand Karsch
German biologist and anthropologist (1853-1936).
Born September 2nd, 1853 in Münster. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1936 at 83 years old in Berlin (pleurisy). [ref]
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