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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
JESSE GARON PRESLEY
= AMERICAN =
= Newborn twin of Elvis Presley =
Born:
8 January 1935
in Tupelo, MS, USA
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Died:
8 January 1935
in Tupelo, MS, USA
  Died at Birth
DINA EDLING
= SWEDISH =
= opera singer (mezzosoprano), =
= a singing teacher =
= and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music =
Born: DINA (BERNHARDINA) NIEHOFF
14 November 1854

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Died:
9 January 1935
71  
MARCELLA SEMBRICH
= POLISH =
= Coloratura Soprano =
Born: PRAKSEDA MARCELINA KOCHAŃSKA
15 February 1858

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Died:
11 January 1935
HEINRICH SCHENKER
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer, Pianist, Music Critic, =
= Music Teacher, and Music Theorist =
Born:
19 June 1868
Wisniowczyki, AUSTRIAN GALICIA
(present-day UKRAINE)
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Died:
14 January 1935
Vienna, AUSTRIA
67 Diabetes and Arteriosclerosis

ZEQUINHA DE ABREU
= BRAZILIAN =
= Musician and Composer =
Born: JOSÉ GOMES DE ABREU
19 September 1880
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo state
BRAZIL
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Died:
22 January 1935
São Paulo, BRAZIL
54  

MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer, Conductor and Teacher =
Born: MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH IVANOV
19 November 1859
Gatchina, near St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
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Died:
28 January 1935
Moscow, RUSSIA
75  
ALICE ESTY
= AMERICAN-born =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
1864
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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Died:
February 1935
Farnham, Surrey, ENGLAND
71  
CLARA SMITH
= AFRICAN AMERICAN =
= Blues Singer =
Born:
c. 1894
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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Died:
2 February 1935
Detroit, Michigan, USA
41 Heart Disease

BENNIE MOTEN
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Pianist and Bandleader =
Born: BENJAMIN MOTEN
13 November 1894
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Died:
2 April 1935
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
40 Following a Failed Tonsillectomy Operation

EMIL MŁYNARSKI
= POLISH =
= Conductor, Violinist, Composer, and Pedagogue =
Born: EMIL SZYMON MŁYNARSKI
18 July 1870
Kibarty (Kybartai), RUSSIAN EMPIRE,
now in LITHUANIA
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Died:
5 April 1935
Warsaw, POLAND
64  
ISRAEL SCHORR
= AMERICAN of POLISH-Jewish descent =
= Cantor =
Born:
1886
Rymanów, POLAND
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Died:
9 April 1935
49  
VICTOR EWALD
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
27 November 1860
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
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Died:
16 April 1935
Leningrad, RUSSIA
74  
MARIE TOULINQUET
= CANADIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: GEORGINA ANN STIRLING
3 April 1866
Twillingate, Newfoundland, CANADA
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Died:
23 April 1935
Twillingate, Newfoundland, CANADA
69 Cancer

LEROY CARR
= AMERICAN =
= Blues Musician =
Born:
27 March 1905
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Died:
29 April 1935
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
30 Nephritis

CHARLES MANNERS
= BRITISH =
= Bass Singer and Opera Company Manager =
Born: SOUTHCOTE RANDAL BERNARD CAMPBELL MANSERGH
27 December 1857
Hoddesdon, ENGLAND
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Died:
3 May 1935
Dundrum, County Dublin, IRELAND
77  

HERBERT WITHERSPOON
= AMERICAN =
= Operatic Bass and Opera Manager =
Born:
21 July 1873
Buffalo, New York, USA
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Died:
10 May 1935
Manhattan, New York City, USA
61  
LEOPOLD LICHTENBERG
= Jewish AMERICAN =
= Violinist =
Born:
22 November 1861
San Francisco, California, USA
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Died:
16 May 1935
Brooklyn, New York City, USA
73  

PAUL DUKAS
= FRENCH =
= Composer, Critic, Scholar and Teacher =
Born: PAUL ABRAHAM DUKAS
1 October 1865
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
17 May 1935
Paris, FRANCE
69  

CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER
= GERMAN-born AMERICAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born: CHARLES MARTIN TORNOV LOEFFLER
30 January 1861
Mulhouse, Alsace, FRANCE
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Died:
19 May 1935
Medfield, Massachusetts, USA
74  
JELKA ROSEN
= GERMAN =
= Wife of Frederick Delius =
Born: HELENA SOPHIE EMILIE ROSEN
30 December 1868
Belgrade, SERBIA
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Died:
28 May 1935
Kensington, London, ENGLAND
66 Pneumonia

JOSEF SUK
= CZECH =
= Composer and Violinist =
Born:
4 January 1874

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Died:
29 May 1935
61  

JACQUES URLUS
= DUTCH =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born:
6 January 1867
Hergenrath, Rhine Province, BELGIUM
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Died:
6 June 1935
Noordwijk, NETHERLANDS
68 Undergoing Routine Surgery

CARLOS GARDEL
= FRENCH ARGENTINE =
= Singer, Songwriter, Composer and Actor =
= and the most prominent figure in the history of Tango =
Born: CHARLES ROMUALD GARDES
11 December 1890
Toulouse, FRANCE
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Died:
24 June 1935
Medellín, COLOMBIA
44 In an air crash in Colombia
ALFREDO LE PERA
= BRAZIL-born ARGENTINE =
= Journalist, Dramatist, and Lyricist =
Born:
4 June 1900
São Paulo, BRAZIL
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Died:
24 June 1935
Medellín, COLOMBIA
35 In an air crash in Colombia
HONORÉ DUTREY
= AMERICAN =
= Dixieland Jazz Trombonist =
Born:
c. 1894
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
21 July 1935
41  

ISIDORE DE LARA
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Singer =
Born: ISIDORE COHEN
9 August 1858
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
2 August 1935
Paris, FRANCE
76  

OTAKAR OSTRCIL
= CZECH =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born:
25 February 1879 in
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
20 August 1935
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
56  

MARJORIE WHITE
= CANADIAN-born =
= Actress, Singer and Dancer =
Born: MARJORIE ANN GUTHRIE
22 July 1904
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
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Died:
21 August 1935
Hollywood, California, USA
31 Internal hemorrhaging resulting
from a Car Crash the day before
EVELYN HOEY
= AMERICAN =
= Broadway Theatre Torch Singer and Actress =
Born:
15 December 1910
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Died:
11 September 1935
Glenmoore, Wallace Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Suicide by Shooting

AMY SHERWIN
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: FRANCES AMY LILLIAN SHERWIN
23 March 1855
Forest Home, Huonville, Tasmania,
AUSTRALIA
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Died:
20 September 1935
Bromley, London, ENGLAND
81  

DEWOLF HOPPER
= AMERICAN =
= Actor, Singer, Comedian, and Theatrical Producer =
Born: WILLIAM DE WOLF HOPPER
30 March 1858
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
23 September 1935
New York City, New York, USA
77 Heart Attack

MARIE GUTHEIL-SCHODER
= GERMAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: MARIE SCHODER
16 February 1874
Weimar, GERMANY
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Died:
4 October 1935
Ilmenau, GERMANY
61  

DRANEM
= FRENCH =
= Comic Singer, Music Hall, Stage and Film Actor =
Born: ARMAND MÉNARD
23 May 1869
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
13 October 1935
Paris, FRANCE
66  

KURT SCHINDLER
= GERMAN-born AMERICAN =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born:
17 February 1882

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Died:
16 November 1935
53  
ANTON HEKKING
= DUTCH-born =
= Cellist and Teacher =
Born:
7 September 1856
The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS
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Died:
18 November 1935
Berlin, GERMANY
79  
CHARLIE GREEN
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Trombonist =
Born:
c. 1895
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Died:
27 November 1935
New York, USA
40  

ERICH VON HORNBOSTEL
= AUSTRIAN =
= Ethnomusicologist and Scholar of Music =
Born: ERICH MORITZ VON HORNBOSTEL
25 February 1877
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
28 November 1935
Cambridge, ENGLAND
58  

JOHAN HALVORSEN
= NORWEGIAN =
= Violinist, Conductor and Composer =
Born:
15 March 1864
Drammen, NORWAY
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Died:
4 December 1935
Oslo, NORWAY
71  

NINA GRIEG
= DANISH-NORWEGIAN =
= Lyric Soprano =
= First cousin and wife of Edvard Grieg =
Born: NINA HAGERUP
24 November 1845
Bergen, NORWAY
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Died:
9 December 1935
DENMARK
90  

ALBAN BERG
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer =
Born: ALBAN MARIA JOHANNES BERG
9 February 1885
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
24 December 1935
Vienna, AUSTRIA
50 Blood poisoning apparently caused by an
insect-sting-induced carbuncle
on his back that occurred in November
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