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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 EVA TANGUAY = CANADIAN = = Singer and Entertainer = = Vaudeville Star = |
Born: 1 August 1878 Marbleton, Quebec, CANADA | Died: 11 January 1947 Hollywood, California, USA |
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SONNY BERMAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: SAUL BERMAN 21 April 1925 New Haven, Connecticut, USA | Died: 16 January 1947 New York City, New York, USA |
21 | Suspected drug overdose |
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FATE MARABLE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist and Bandleader = |
Born: 2 December 1890 Paducah, Kentucky, USA | Died: 16 January 1947 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
56 | Pneumonia |
 GRACE MOORE = AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano and Actress in Musical Theatre and Film = |
Born: MARY WILLIE GRACE MOORE 5 December 1898 Slabtown (now considered part of Del Rio) in Cocke County, Tennessee, USA | Died: 26 January 1947 near Copenhagen's airport |
48 | Plane Crash |
 REYNALDO HAHN = VENEZUELAN, naturalised FRENCH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 9 August 1874 Caracas, VENEZUELA | Died: 28 January 1947 Paris, FRANCE |
72 | Brain Tumor |
 ALFREDO CASELLA = ITALIAN = = Composer, Pianist and Conductor = |
Born: 25 July 1883 Turin, ITALY | Died: 5 March 1947 Rome, ITALY |
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RUDOLPH SIMONSEN = DANISH = = Composer = |
Born: RUDOLPH HERMANN SIMONSEN 30 April 1889 | Died: 28 March 1947 |
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CHARLES FRIANT = FRENCH = = Tenor = |
Born: AUGUSTE CHARLES PAUL FRIANT 12 January 1890 Montmartre district of Paris, FRANCE | Died: 22 April 1947 Paris, FRANCE |
57 | After a long illness |
 LOUIE HENRI = ENGLISH = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: LOUISA WEBBER 12 April 1864 Paddington, London, ENGLAND | Died: 2 May 1947 Surbiton, Surrey, ENGLAND |
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 LOUISE HOMER = AMERICAN = = Operatic Contralto = |
Born: LOUISE DILWORTH BEATTY 30 April 1871 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 6 May 1947 Winter Park, Florida, USA |
76 | Heart Ailment |
 GEORG LUDWIG VON TRAPP = AUSTRIAN-ITALIAN = = Head of the singing Von Trapp family = |
Born: GEORG JOHANNES RITTER VON TRAPP 4 April 1880 Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (present-day Zadar, CROATIA) | Died: 30 May 1947 Stowe, Vermont, USA |
67 | Lung Cancer |
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CLARENCE LUCAS = CANADIAN = = Composer, Lyricist, Conductor, and Music Professor = |
Born: 19 October 1866 Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 1 July 1947 |
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 JIMMIE LUNCEFORD = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist and Bandleader = |
Born: JAMES MELVIN LUNCEFORD 6 June 1902 Fulton, Mississippi, USA | Died: 12 July 1947 Seaside, Oregon, USA |
45 | Cardiac Arrest |
 MARCEL VARNEL = FRENCH = = Film Director = |
Born: MARCEL HYACINTHE LE BOZEC 16 October 1892 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 13 July 1947 near Rake, West Sussex, ENGLAND |
52 | Car Crash |
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WALTER DONALDSON = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 15 February 1893 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 15 July 1947 Santa Monica, California, USA |
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ERNEST AUSTIN = ENGLISH = = Composer, Music Arranger and Editor = |
Born: ERNEST JOHN AUSTIN 31 December 1874 Poplar, Middlesex, London, (now in the borough of Tower Hamlets), ENGLAND | Died: 24 July 1947 |
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 BERT KALMAR = JEWISH AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: 10 February 1884 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 18 September 1947 Los Angeles, USA |
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FRANCISCO SANTIAGO = FILIPINO = = Musician = = sometimes called = = "The Father of Kundiman Art Song" = |
Born: 29 January 1889 Santa Maria, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES | Died: 28 September 1947 |
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JAN HAMBOURG = RUSSIAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 27 August 1882 Voronezh, RUSSIA | Died: 29 September 1947 Tours, FRANCE |
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JANET FAIRBANK = AMERICAN = = Opera singer = |
Born: 1903 | Died: 6 October 1947 Chicago, USA |
44 | Malignant Leukaemia |
 LEEVI MADETOJA = FINNISH = = Composer, Music Critic, Conductor, and Teacher = |
Born: LEEVI ANTTI MADETOJA 17 February 1887 Oulu, FINLAND | Died: 6 October 1947 Helsinki, FINLAND |
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 JOSEPH ALLARD = FRENCH-CANADIAN = = Fiddler = |
Born: 1 February 1873 Woodland, Maine, CANADA | Died: 14 November 1947 |
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 GEORG SCHNÉEVOIGT = FINNISH = = Conductor, Cellist and Composer = |
Born: GEORG LENNART SCHNÉEVOIGT 8 November 1872 Vyborg, Grand Duchy of FINLAND, which is now in RUSSIA | Died: 28 November 1947 Malmö, SWEDEN |
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 WILL FYFFE = SCOTTISH = = Music Hall Artist = |
Born: 16 February 1885 Dundee, Scotland, UK | Died: 14 December 1947 St Andrews, Scotland, UK |
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CESARE SODERO = ITALIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 2 August 1886 Naples, ITALY | Died: 16 December 1947 New York City, New York, USA |
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SALVATORE CARDILLO = ITALIAN-AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 1874 Naples, ITALY | Died: 1947 New York, USA |
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ILIA TRILLING = GERMAN-born AMERICAN = = Yiddish Theatre Producer and Composer = |
Born: 1895 Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), GERMANY | Died: 1947 |
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