This German novelist's death was not in Venice but in Switzerland on Aug. 12, 1955
Von 
Aschenbach is slowly but surely obsessed and although he watches Tadzio, he 
dare not... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Mann Dies at 80; Novelist Won Nobel Prize [PAR] August 13, 1955 ... ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 12--Thomas Mann, a modern 
literary giant, died in the Cantonal Hospital here early tonight.