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In the year 1938
403 Notable deaths
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician (1911-1938).
Born May 8th, 1911 in Hazlehurst. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1938 at 27 years old in Greenwood. [ref]
Typhoid Mary
Infected houseworker in new york city.
Born September 23rd, 1869 in Cookstown.
Died November 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in North Brother Island (pneumonia).
Muhammad Iqbal
South asian muslim writer, philosopher, and politician.
Born November 9th, 1877 in Sialkot. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1938 at 60 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Thomas Wolfe
American writer.
Born October 3rd, 1900 in Asheville. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1938 at 37 years old in Baltimore (tuberculosis). [ref]
Georges Méliès
French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938).
Born December 8th, 1861 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1938 at 76 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the american civil liberties union (1857-1938).
Born April 18th, 1857 in Kinsman Township. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1938 at 80 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Queen Marie of Romania
Last queen consort of romania as the wife of king ferdinand i.
Born October 30th, 1875 in Eastwell Park.
Died July 18th, 1938 at 62 years old in Peleș Castle (liver cirrhosis).
Maud of Wales
Queen consort of norway and british princess.
Born November 26th, 1869 in Marlborough House.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 68 years old in Sandringham House (myocardial infarction).
Konstantin Stanislavski
Russian and soviet actor and theatre director (1863-1938).
Born January 17th, 1863 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1938 at 75 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology.
Born April 8th, 1859 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1938 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
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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