In the year 1948
404 Notable deaths
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948).
Born October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 78 years old in Gandhi Smriti (gunshot wound). [ref]
Babe Ruth
American baseball player (1895–1948).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died August 16th, 1948 at 53 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (nasopharynx carcinoma).
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Politician and the founder of pakistan (1876–1948).
Born December 25th, 1876 in Karachi.
Died September 11th, 1948 at 71 years old in Karachi (tuberculosis).
Zelda Fitzgerald
Novelist, wife of f. scott fitzgerald (1900-1948).
Born July 24th, 1900 in Montgomery. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1948 at 47 years old in Asheville (conflagration). [ref]
Hideki Tojo
Japanese general and politician (1884–1948).
Born December 30th, 1884 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
John J. Pershing
United states army general in world war i.
Born September 13th, 1860 in Laclede.
Died July 15th, 1948 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Mileva Marić
Serbian mathematician and wife of albert einstein (1875–1948).
Born December 19th, 1875 in Titel.
Died August 4th, 1948 at 72 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Kathleen Cavendish
American socialite, sister of john f. kennedy (1920–1948).
Born February 20th, 1920 in Brookline.
Died May 13th, 1948 at 28 years old in Saint-Bauzile (aviation accident).
Osamu Dazai
Japanese author.
Born June 19th, 1909 in Kanagi. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1948 at 38 years old in Mitaka (drowning). [ref]
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948).
Born January 23rd, 1898 in Riga.
Died July 23rd, 1948 at 50 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Harilal Gandhi
Son of mahatma gandhi (1888-1948).
Born August 23rd, 1888 in Rajkot.
Died June 18th, 1948 at 59 years old in Mumbai (tuberculosis). [ref]
D. W. Griffith
American filmmaker (1875–1948).
Born January 22nd, 1875 in Crestwood.
Died July 23rd, 1948 at 73 years old in Hollywood (cerebral hemorrhage).
Witold Pilecki
Polish underground resistance soldier, world war ii concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948).
Born May 13th, 1901 in Vilnius, Olonets. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1948 at 47 years old in Warsaw (execution by shooting). [ref]
Unity Mitford
English socialite best known as a devotee of adolf hitler.
Born August 8th, 1914 in London.
Died May 28th, 1948 at 33 years old in Oban (meningitis).
Hugo Boss
German fashion designer (1885-1948).
Born July 8th, 1885 in Metzingen.
Died August 9th, 1948 at 63 years old in Metzingen.
Manuel Roxas
President of the philippines from 1946 to 1948.
Born January 1st, 1892 in Capiz.
Died April 15th, 1948 at 56 years old in Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Charles Evans Hughes
American jurist; chief justice of the united states from 1930 to 1941 (1862–1948).
Born April 11th, 1862 in Glens Falls.
Died August 27th, 1948 at 86 years old in Osterville (pneumonia).
Carole Landis
American actress (1919–1948).
Born January 1st, 1919 in Fairchild.
Died July 5th, 1948 at 29 years old in Pacific Palisades (drug overdose).
Theodor Morell
Personal physician to adolf hitler (1886-1948).
Born July 22nd, 1886 in Trais. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1948 at 61 years old in Tegernsee (stroke). [ref]
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Bulgarian ruler (1861–1948).
Born February 26th, 1861 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1948 at 87 years old in Coburg. [ref]
Antonin Artaud
French-occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948).
Born September 4th, 1896 in Marseille. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1948 at 51 years old in Paris, Ivry-sur-Seine (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Walther von Brauchitsch
German field marshal (1881-1948).
Born October 4th, 1881 in Berlin.
Died October 18th, 1948 at 67 years old in Hamburg (pneumonia).
Edith Roosevelt
First lady of the united states (1901-1909).
Born August 6th, 1861 in New York City.
Died September 30th, 1948 at 87 years old in Oyster Bay.
James Baskett
Actor (1904-1948).
Born February 16th, 1904 in Indianapolis.
Died July 9th, 1948 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (diabetes).
Samuel P. Bush
American businessman (1863–1948).
Born October 4th, 1863 in Orange.
Died February 8th, 1948 at 84 years old in Columbus.
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown