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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 JANE AVRIL = FRENCH = = Can-Can Dancer = |
Born: JEANNE BEAUDON 9 June 1868 Belleville, FRANCE | Died: 17 January 1943 Paris, FRANCE |
74 | |
 CLARA NOVELLO DAVIES = WELSH = = Singer, teacher and conductor = = mother of IVOR NOVELLO = |
Born: 7 April 1861 Cardiff, Wales | Died: 7 February 1943 London, ENGLAND |
81 | |
 SIGRID ARNOLDSON = SWEDISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 20 March 1861 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Died: 7 February 1943 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
82 | |
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ARMAND J. PIRON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Violinist, Bandleader and Composer = |
Born: ARMAND JOHN PIRON 16 August 1888 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 17 February 1943 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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ALMA MOODIE = AUSTRALIAN = = Violinist = |
Born: ALMA TEMPLETON MOODIE 12 September 1898 Mount Morgan or Rockhampton, AUSTRALIA | Died: 7 March 1943 Frankfurt, GERMANY |
44 | Drug Overdose |
 ALICE NIELSEN = AMERICAN = = Broadway Performer and Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 7 June 1872 Nashville, Tennessee, USA | Died: 8 March 1943 Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA |
70 | |
 ABEL DECAUX = FRENCH = = Organist & Composer = |
Born: 11 February 1869 | Died: 19 March 1943 |
74 | |
 BEN DAVIES = WELSH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 6 January 1858 Pontardawe, WALES | Died: 28 March 1943 |
85 | |
 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF = RUSSIAN = = Pianist, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: SERGEI VASILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF 1 April 1873 Novgorod province in north-western RUSSIA | Died: 28 March 1943 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
69 | Advanced Melanoma |
 DAVID ROITMAN = RUSSIAN-AMERICAN = = Hazzan and Composer = |
Born: 1 November 1884 Jusefpol, Podolia Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 4 April 1943 New York City, USA |
58 | After a long illness |
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EDOARDO GARBIN = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 12 March 1965 | Died: 12 April 1943 |
78 | |
 JOSEPH ACHRON = RUSSIAN of JEWISH origin = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: JOSEPH YULYEVICH ACHRON 13 May 1886 Lozdzieje, Suwałki Governorate, Congress Poland, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 29 April 1943 Hollywood, California, USA |
56 | |
 VAUGHN DE LEATH = AMERICAN = = Singer and Radio Pioneer = |
Born: LEONORE VONDERLIETH 26 September 1894 Mount Pulaski, Illinois, USA | Died: 28 May 1943 Buffalo, New York, USA |
48 | Alcohol-related |
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SIGRID ONÉGIN = FRANCO-GERMAN = = Operatic Contralto = |
Born: 1 June 1889 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Died: 16 June 1943 Magliaso, SWITZERLAND |
54 | |
 RUBY ELZY = AFRICAN AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano = = "Porgy and Bess" = |
Born: 20 February 1908 Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA | Died: 26 June 1943 |
35 | Post-operative complications |
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LORENZO BARCELATA = MEXICAN = = Composer and Actor = |
Born: 24 July 1898 Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, MEXICO | Died: 13 July 1943 Mexico City, MEXICO |
44 | Cholera |
 MARIA GAY = CATALAN = = Opera Singer = |
Born: MARIA DE LOURDES LUCIA ANTONIA PICHOT GIRONÉS 13 June 1879 | Died: 20 July 1943 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
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AUGUST BRUNETTI-PISANO = AUSTRIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 24 October 1870 St. Gilgen, AUSTRIA | Died: 1 September 1943 Salzburg, AUSTRIA |
72 | |
 FRANK CRUMIT = AMERICAN = = Singer, Composer, Radio Entertainer and Vaudeville Star = |
Born: 26 September 1889 Jackson, Ohio, USA | Died: 7 September 1943 New York City, New York, USA |
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KARLROBERT KREITEN = GERMAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 26 June 1916 Bonn, Rhine Province, GERMANY | Died: 7 September 1943 |
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TRIXIE SMITH = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Blues Singer, Recording Artist, Vaudeville Entertainer, and Actress = |
Born: 1895 Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Died: 21 September 1943 New York, USA |
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LEON ROPPOLO = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: LEON JOSEPH ROPPOLO 16 March 1902 Lutcher, Louisiana, USA | Died: 5 October 1943 New Orleans, USA |
41 | |
 BEN BERNIE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Violinist, Bandleader and Radio Personality = |
Born: BERNARD ANZELEVITZ 30 May 1891 Bayonne, New Jersey, USA | Died: 23 October 1943 Hollywood, California, USA |
52 | |
 MAX REINHARDT = AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN = = Theatre and Film Director, Intendant, and Theatrical Producer = |
Born: MAXIMILIAN GOLDMANN 9 September 1873 Baden, LOWER AUSTRIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 30 October 1943 New York City, New York, USA |
70 | |
 LORENZ HART = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: LORENZ MILTON HART 2 May 1895 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 22 November 1943 New York City, New York, USA |
48 | |
 WINNARETTA SINGER Princesse Edmond de Polignac = AMERICAN = = Musical Patron = |
Born: 8 January 1865 Yonkers, New York, USA | Died: 26 November 1943 |
78 | |
 ARTHUR CATTERALL = ENGLISH = = Concert Violinist, Orchestral Leader and Conductor = |
Born: 25 May 1883 Preston, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 November 1943 London, ENGLAND |
60 | |
 FATS WALLER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Organist, Composer, Singer, and Comedic Entertainer = |
Born: THOMAS WRIGHT WALLER 21 May 1904 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 15 December 1943 Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
39 | Pneumonia |
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JOSEPH McCARTHY = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: 27 September 1885 Somerville, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 18 December 1943 |
58 | |
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MAX BOUVET = FRENCH = = Operatic Baritone = |
Born: MAXIMILIEN-NICOLAS BOUVET 1854 La Rochelle, FRANCE | Died: 1943 Paris, FRANCE |
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HARRY KANDEL = AMERICAN = = Clarinetist and Bandleader = |
Born: 1885 | Died: 1943 Philadelphia, USA |
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ERHARD WECHSELMANN = GERMAN = = Baritone Opera Singer = |
Born: ERHARD EDUARD WECHSELMANN 1895 | Died: 1943 Auschwitz concentration camp |
48 | Killed by Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp |
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