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In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author.
Born July 24th, 1897 in Atchison County. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1937 at 39 years old in Pacific Ocean.
H. P. Lovecraft
American author (1890–1937).
Born August 20th, 1890 in Providence. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1937 at 46 years old in Providence (small intestine cancer). [ref]
Jean Harlow
American film actress (1911–1937).
Born March 3rd, 1911 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1937 at 26 years old in Good Samaritan Hospital (kidney failure). [ref]
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Indian polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858-1937).
Born November 30th, 1858 in Bikrampur. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1937 at 78 years old in Giridih. [ref]
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1937 at 38 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer). [ref]
Ernest Rutherford
New zealand-born british physicist (1871–1937).
Born August 30th, 1871 in Spring Grove. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
Greek and danish princess.
Born June 22nd, 1911 in Athens.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 26 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
Bessie Smith
American blues singer.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Chattanooga. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1937 at 43 years old in Clarksdale (traffic collision). [ref]
J. M. Barrie
Scottish writer.
Born May 9th, 1860 in Kirriemuir. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1937 at 77 years old in Marylebone (pneumonia). [ref]
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937).
Born April 25th, 1874 in Bologna. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1937 at 63 years old in Rome.
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