Died in the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Memorial Day means cemetery visits and, occasionally, a question with an easily-found answer. For example, the next time you are visiting an older cemetery you may notice that many of the headstones show 1918 as the year of death. Yes, it was the end of World War I, but most of the headstones have no military markers -- and both genders are represented. This is because we had an influenza pandemic in 1918 that killed more Earthlings than all WWI civilian and soldier deaths combined. A handful of the millions of flu casualties were just hitting their strides in the visual arts world, too. We'll never know what they might have gone on to create, but I am able to tell you their names. If this piques your curiosity, have a look at Artists Who Were Killed by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.