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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
Adamo Didur
ADAMO DIDUR
= POLISH =
= Operatic Bass =
Born:
24 December 1874
Wola Sękowa near Sanok, POLAND
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Died:
7 January 1946
Katowice, POLAND
77  
Harry Von Tilzer
HARRY VON TILZER
= AMERICAN =
= Songwriter =
Born: AARON GUMBINSKY
8 July 1872
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Died:
10 January 1946
New York City, New York, USA
73  
LEW POLLACK
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
16 June 1895
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
18 January 1946
Hollywood, California, USA
50  
EDUARD BASS
= CZECH =
= Singer and Cabaret Director =
Born: EDUARD SCHMIDT
1 January 1888
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
2 February 1946
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
58  
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE
= AFRICAN-AMERICAN =
= Bandleader, Jazz Pianist and Vocalist =
Born: LOUIS DANDRIDGE
13 January 1902
Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Died:
15 February 1946
Wall Township, New Jersey, USA
44  
Sir HUGH PERCY ALLEN GCVO
= ENGLISH =
= Musician, Academic and Administrator =
= Organist and Choral Conductor =
Born:
23 December 1869
Reading, Berkshire, ENGLAND
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Died:
20 February 1946
Oxford, ENGLAND
76 From injuries sustained after being
knocked down by a motorcyclist
Vincent Youmans
VINCENT YOUMANS
= AMERICAN =
= Broadway Composer and Producer =
Born: VINCENT MILLIE YOUMANS
27 September 1898
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
5 April 1946
Denver, Colorado, USA
47 Tuberculosis
TEDDY BROWN
= AMERICAN =
= Entertainer and Xylophone Player =
Born: ABRAHAM HIMMELBRAND
1900

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Died:
30 April 1946
Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, ENGLAND
   
PATTY HILL
= AMERICAN =
= Nursery School, Kindergarten Teacher, and Composer =
= co-writer of "Happy Birthday to You" =
Born: PATTY SMITH HILL
27 March 1868
Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
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Died:
25 May 1946
New York City, New York, USA
78  
Claire Croiza
CLAIRE CROIZA
= FRENCH =
= Mezzo-Soprano and Singing Teacher =
Born: CLAIRE CONELLY or O'CONNOLLY
14 September 1882
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
27 May 1946
Paris, FRANCE
63  
Riley Puckett
RILEY PUCKETT
= AMERICAN =
= Country Musician =
Born: GEORGE RILEY PUCKETT
7 May 1894
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
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Died:
13 July 1946
East Point, Georgia, USA
52 Blood Poisoning
TRICKY SAM NANTON
= AMERICAN =
= Trombonist =
Born: JOSEPH NANTON
1 February 1904
New York City, USA
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Died:
20 July 1946
San Francisco, California, USA
42 Stroke
Antonio Paoli
ANTONIO PAOLI
= PUERTO RICAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born:
14 April 1871
Ponce, PUERTO RICO
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Died:
24 August 1946
San Juan, PUERTO RICO
75  
PAUL VON KLENAU
= DANISH-born =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born: PAUL AUGUST VON KLENAU
11 February 1883
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Died:
31 August 1946
Copenhagen, DENMARK
63  
Moriz Rosenthal
MORIZ ROSENTHAL
= POLISH =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born:
17 December 1862
Lemberg, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
(later Lwów, POLAND)
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Died:
3 September 1946
New York City, New York, USA
83  
Paul Lincke
PAUL LINCKE
= GERMAN =
= Composer and Theater Conductor =
Born: CARL EMIL PAUL LINCKE
7 November 1866
in the Jungfern Bridge district of Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
4 September 1946
Hahnenklee, GERMANY
79  
Mamie Smith
MAMIE SMITH
= AMERICAN =
= Vaudeville Singer, Dancer, Pianist and Actress =
Born: MAMIE ROBINSON
26 May 1883
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Died:
16 September 1946
Staten Island, New York, USA
63  
GIUSEPPE ADAMI
= ITALIAN =
= Opera Librettist =
Born:
4 February 1878
Verona, ITALY
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Died:
12 October 1946
Milan, ITALY
67  
Granville Bantock
Sir GRANVILLE BANTOCK
= BRITISH =
= Composer =
Born: GRANVILLE RANSOME BANTOCK
7 August 1868
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
16 October 1946
London, ENGLAND
78  
Zygmunt Stojowski
ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI
= POLISH =
= Composer and Pianist =
Born: ZYGMUNT DENIS ANTONI JORDAN DE STOJOWSKI
4 May 1870
near Kielce, POLAND
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Died:
5 November 1946
New York City, New York, USA
76  
Manuel De Falla
MANUEL DE FALLA
= SPANISH =
= Composer =
Born: MANUEL MARÍA DE LOS DOLORES FALLA Y MATHEU
23 November 1876
Cádiz, SPAIN
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Died:
14 November 1946
Alta Gracia, province of Córdoba, ARGENTINA
69 Cardiac Arrest
MAXIMILIAN STEINBERG
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer and Teacher =
Born: MAXIMILIAN OSSEYEVICH STEINBERG
4 July [O.S. 22 June] 1883
Vilnius, LITHUANIA
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Died:
6 December 1946
Leningrad, RUSSIA
63  
CARRIE JACOBS-BOND
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Pianist, and Songwriter =
Born: CARRIE MINETTA JACOBS
11 August 1862
Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
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Died:
28 December 1946
Hollywood, California, USA
84 Heart Attack
Charles Wakefield Cadman
CHARLES WAKEFIELD CADMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
24 December 1881
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Died:
30 December 1946
65  
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