Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1943

May 29 Hermann hans wetzler: Composer,  

Jun 01 Leslie howard: Actor (romeo & juliet), nazis shot down his plane at 50  

Jun 03 Folkert e posthuma: Min of agriculture,  

Jun 04 Jean du bela: Singer/actor (sobibor),  

Jun 06 Karl landsteiner: Austrian/us pathologist (nobel 1930),  

Jun 11 Sam[uel] de vries: Actor (boefje, in sobibor),  

Jun 13 Kočo racin: Macedonian poet (b. 1908)  

Jun 15 Cecil parkin: Cricketer (32 wkts in 10 tests for eng 1920-24),  

Jun 25 Spencer charters: Actor (big town girl, st louis kid),  

Jun 26 Fritz schmidt: Nazi commissioner in holland, commits suicide at 39  

Jul 01 Auguste reitsma: Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed  

Jul 04 Wladyslaw sikorski: Gen/pm of poland in exile (1939-43),  

Jul 08 Harry oakes: Canadian ruler of bahamas, murdered  

Jul 10 Arthur finlay nevin: Composer,  

Jul 13 Kurt huber: German philosopher/resistance fighter,  

Jul 14 Johannes f "frits" bakker sr: Actor,  

Jul 21 Charles william paddock: 100m runner (olympic-gold-1920),  

Jul 23 Emanuel querido: Publisher (sobibor),  

Jul 27 Godfrey cripps: Cricketer (1st currie cup-winning captain),  

Jul 30 Benjamin james dale: Composer,  

Jul 31 Hedley verity: Cricketer (144 wickets in 40 tests),  

Aug 01 Ismar elbogen: German/us learned/rabbi (jewish lexicon),  

Aug 05 Adam kuckhoff: Writer,  

Aug 06 Tom garrett: Cricketer (last survivor of 1st test in 1877),  

Aug 07 Gustav schmidt: German lt-general,  

Aug 10 C bergsma: Dutch resistance fighter (waalsdorpervlakte),  

Aug 12 Georges martin witkowski: Composer,  

Aug 14 Joe kelley: American baseball player (b. 1871)  

Aug 18 Hans jeschonnek: German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide  

Aug 21 Henrik pontoppidan: Writer (peter gelukkige, nobel 1917),  

Aug 23 Johann p zilcher: German composer,  

Aug 24 Ernst ottwalt: Writer,  

Aug 27 Otto selz: German psychologist (in auschwitz),  

Aug 28 Boris iii: Of saksen-coburg, king of bulgaria (1918-43),  

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Jan 02 Barış manço: Turkish singer and television producer  

Jan 04 Tom wilkinson: Cfl qb (edmonton eskimos)  

Jan 04 Doris kearns goodwin: American writer  

Jan 05 Eusebio de silva ferreira: Mozamb/port soccer star (europa cup 1 1962)  

Jan 05 Ferreira da silva eusebio: Brazilan intl soccer player  

Jan 06 Osvaldo soriano: Writer  

Jan 06 Paul james nunn: Mountaineer  

Jan 06 Terry venables: British soccer player/manager