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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

LOIE FULLER
= AMERICAN =
= Pioneer of both Modern Dance =
= and Theatrical Lighting Techniques =
Born: MARIE LOUISE FULLER
15 January 1862
Chicago suburb of Fullersburg,
now Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
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Died:
1 January 1928
Paris, FRANCE
65 Pneumonia

VALBORG AULIN
= SWEDISH =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: LAURA VALBORG AULIN
9 January 1860
Gävle, SWEDEN
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Died:
11 January 1928
Örebro, SWEDEN
68  

EDDIE FOY
= IRISH-AMERICAN =
= Vaudeville Star =
Born: EDWIN FITZGERALD
9 March 1856
Greenwich Village, New York, USA
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Died:
16 February 1928
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
71  

Sir HERBERT BREWER
= ENGLISH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born: Sir ALFRED HERBERT BREWER
21 June 1865
Gloucester, ENGLAND
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Died:
1 March 1928
Gloucester, ENGLAND
62  

NORA BAYES
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Comedienne and Actress =
Born: ELEANOR GOLDBERG
8 October 1880
Joliet, Illinois, USA
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Died:
19 March 1928
Brooklyn, New York, USA
47 following surgery for Cancer

LESLIE STUART
= ENGLISH =
= Musical Theatre Composer =
Born:
15 March 1863
Southport, ENGLAND
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Died:
27 March 1928
Richmond, Surrey, ENGLAND
65  

FERDINAND HUMMEL
= GERMAN =
= Harpist, Pianist, Conductor and Composer =
Born:
6 September 1855
Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
24 April 1928
Berlin, GERMANY
72  
ERNST SEIFERT
= GERMAN =
= Organ Builder =
Born:
9 May 1855

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Died:
27 April 1928
72  
JULIUSZ WERTHEIM
= POLISH =
= Pianist, Conductor and Composer =
Born: JULIUSZ EDWARD WERTHEIM
24 September 1880
Warsaw, POLAND
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Died:
6 May 1928
Warsaw, POLAND
47 Heart Attack
DAVID THOMAS
= WELSH =
= Composer =
Born: DAVID JOHN THOMAS
15 April 1881
Cwmafan, Glamorgan, WALES
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Died:
13 May 1928
Glamorgan, WALES
47  

EMMA HOWSON
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
28 March 1844
Hobart Town, Tasmania,
AUSTRALIA
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Died:
28 May 1928
New York, USA
84  
JOHAN AMBERG
= DANISH =
= Composer and Violinist =
Born: JOHAN LAURITZ WALBOM AMBERG
20 October 1846

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Died:
19 June 1928
81  

MARIE NOVELLO
= BRITISH =
= Pianist =
Born: MARIE WILLIAMS
1898
Maesteg, Glamorgan, WALES
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Died:
21 June 1928
London, ENGLAND
30 Esophageal Cancer

LEOŠ JANÁCEK
= CZECH =
= Composer =
Born: LEO EUGEN JANÁČEK
3 July 1854
Hukvaldy, MORAVIA
(then part of the AUSTRIAN EMPIRE)
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Died:
12 August 1928
Ostrava, CZECH REPUBLIC
74  

HOWARD TALBOT
= AMERICAN-born, ENGLISH-raised of IRISH descent =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born: RICHARD LANSDALE MUNKITTRICK
9 March 1865
Yonkers, New York, USA
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Died:
12 September 1928
Reigate, ENGLAND
63  
FRANK ELLSWORTH OLDS
= AMERICAN =
= Brass Instrument Manufacturer =
Born:
1861
Medina, New York, USA
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Died:
9 October 1928
at sea on the S.S. City of Los Angeles
(later commissioned, USS George F. Elliott)
67  
PERCY ANDERSON
= ENGLISH =
= D'Oyly Carte costume designer =
Born:
1851

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Died:
30 October 1928
King's College Hospital, London,
ENGLAND
76 or 77  
OSCAR SONNECK
= AMERICAN =
= Musicologist =
Born: OSCAR GEORGE THEODORE SONNECK
6 October 1873
Jersey City, USA
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Died:
30 October 1928
New York, USA
55  

MATTIA BATTISTINI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Baritone =
Born:
27 February 1856
Rome, ITALY
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Died:
7 November 1928
Collebaccaro di Contigliano, Rieti,
ITALY
72  

ANITA BERBER
= GERMAN =
= Dancer =
Born:
10 June 1899
Leipzig, GERMANY
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Died:
10 November 1928
Kreuzberg, GERMANY
29  

ENRICO CECCHETTI
= ITALIAN =
= Ballet Dancer =
Born:
21 June 1850
Rome, ITALY
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Died:
13 November 1928
Milan, ITALY
78  

HERBERT SULLIVAN
= BRITISH =
= Nephew and biographer of Sir Arthur Sullivan =
Born: HERBERT ('BERTIE') THOMAS SULLIVAN
13 May 1868

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Died:
26 November 1928
London, ENGLAND
60  
THEODOR VON FRIMMEL
= AUSTRIAN =
= Musicologist =
= and Beethoven biographer =
Born: THEODOR VON FRIMMEL-TRAISENAU
15 December 1853
Amstetten, AUSTRIA
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Died:
3 December 1928
Vienna, AUSTRIA
74  
NICOLAE LEONARD
= ROMANIAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born: LEONARD NAE
13 December 1886
Bădălan, ROMANIA
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Died:
24 December 1928
Câmpulung, ROMANIA
42  
CELESTE FAROTTI
= ITALIAN =
= Violin-Maker =
Born:
1864

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Died:
1928
64  

LILLIE DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE
= AMERICAN =
= Singer =
Born: LILLIE GREENOUGH
1844
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Died:
1928
84  
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