This German novelist's death was not in Venice but in Switzerland on Aug. 12, 1955
[DOC] [TLE] Thomas Mann - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia [PAR] Resting place Kilchberg, Switzerland ... Died August 12, 1955, Zurich, 
Switzerland ... Books The Magic Mountain, Buddenbrooks, Death in Venice, 
Joseph and His ... 6 June 1875  12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short 
story writer, ...