Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 May 1911

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Pavlova was told that she had pneumonia and required an operation, she refused to have the surgery saying "If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead."
(23 January 1931)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 18th of May 1911 115 years, 7 months and 25 days ago
Romantic composer Gustav Mahler dies of bacterial endocarditis at the age of 51 in Löw Sanatorium, Mariannengasse 20, Wien, Wien, Austria.