Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 January 1931

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It remains unclear whether Rée's death was an accident or suicide. Rée had not long before his death declared "I have to philosophize. When I run out of material about which to philosophize, it is best for me to die."
(28 October 1901)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 23rd of January 1931 93 years ago She Couldn't Dance
Prima ballerina Anna Pavlova born as Anna Pavlovna Matveyevna Pavlova dies of pleurisy at the age of 49 in Hotel Des Indes, Lange Voorhout 54-56, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. 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."