Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

Jun 06 Danny brotheridge: British lieutenant, 1st to die during d-day  

Jun 09 Inhabitants of tulle: Hanged by ss  

Jun 10 French duwaer: Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed  

Jun 13 Christopher heseltine: Cricketer (2 tests for england 1895-96),  

Jun 14 Lubor niederle: Czech archaeologist/slavist,  

Jun 16 Marc bloch: French historian (executed) (b. 1886)  

Jun 19 Bill bradley: Cricketer (bowled for england in two tests 1899),  

Jun 21 Jan bonekamp: Dutch resistance fighter/friend of hannie schaft,  

Jun 24 Rio gebhardt: Composer,  

Jun 25 Lucha reyes: Mexican singer (b. 1906)  

Jun 26 Billy newham: Cricketer (england test 1887),  

Jun 27 Werner wehrli: Composer,  

Jul 01 Carl mayer: Actor (dreaming lips, ariane, sunrise),  

Jul 05 William gillies whittaker: Composer,  

Jul 07 Erich salomon: German photographer,  

Jul 11 Wolfgang redlich: German major/pilot,  

Jul 16 John post: Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed  

Jul 17 Hugh rigby: English portrait painter (king george v 1928-32),  

Jul 18 George a hartland: English mp (norwich 1931-35),  

Jul 19 Carl bock: Danish gestapo agent, liquidated  

Jul 20 Arthur j treadwell: English mayor of stoke newington,  

Jul 21 Gerrit van den bosch: Led illegal dutch cpn party,  

Jul 23 Bernard m cohen: Attorney, killed at belsen concentration camp  

Jul 24 Jan postma: Leader of illegal dutch party (cpn), executed at 49  

Jul 25 Lesley j mcnair: Us lt-general, killed by us bomb at st-lo  

Jul 26 Reza sjah pahlawi: [reza chan], cossack officer/shah of persia,  

Jul 27 Victor jean leonard vreuls: Composer,  

Aug 01 Manuel luis quezón y molina: Pres of philippines (1935-42),  

Aug 03 Felix nussbaum: German painter (widerstandskunst),  

Aug 05 Maurice turnbull: Cricketer (england)/rugby (wales),  

Aug 08 Erwin von witzleben: German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62  

Aug 10 Berthold schenk von stauffenberg: Attempt hitler assassination,  

Aug 12 Joseph p. kennedy: Jr., brother of president john f. kennedy (b. 1915)  

Aug 16 Roman padlewski: Composer,  

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Jan 02 Peter eotvos: Composer  

Jan 02 Prince norodom ranariddh: Cambodian politician  

Jan 03 Christina von saltza: Us, swimmer (olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

Jan 03 David atherton: English conductor  

Jan 03 Blanche d'alpuget: Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of bob hawke  

Jan 04 Volker hornback: Rocker (tangerine dream)  

Jan 05 Felix arons: Dutch director/actor (waaldrecht)  

Jan 05 Tommie smith: Us, 200m dash (olympic-gold-1968) [or jun 5]