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In the year 1948
449 Notable deaths
Charles Magnusson
Swedish film producer and screenwriter (1878-1948).
Born January 26th, 1878 in Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1948 at 69 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Fred Warburton
Association football player from england (1880-1948).
Born August 8th, 1880 in England.
Died November 29th, 1948 at 68 years old in Lancashire.
Jurgis Šaulys
Lithuanian politician (1879-1948).
Born May 5th, 1879 in Balsėnai.
Died October 18th, 1948 at 69 years old in Lugano.
Max Seiffert
German musicologist (1868–1948).
Born February 9th, 1868 in Beeskow.
Died April 15th, 1948 at 80 years old in Schleswig.
Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo
Italian presbyter (1896-1948).
Born June 13th, 1896 in Narzole.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 51 years old in Rome (leukemia).
István Barta
Hungarian water polo player (1895–1948).
Born August 13th, 1895 in Álmosd.
Died February 16th, 1948 at 52 years old in Budapest.
Maria Koppenhöfer
Actress (1901–1948).
Born December 11th, 1901 in Stuttgart.
Died November 29th, 1948 at 46 years old in Heidelberg.
Baldassarre Negroni
Italian film director (1877–1948).
Born January 21st, 1877 in Rome.
Died July 18th, 1948 at 71 years old in Rome.
Edgar Leonard
Us tennis player (1881–1948).
Born June 19th, 1881 in West Newton.
Died October 7th, 1948 at 67 years old in New York City.
Marcelle Tinayre
French writer and journalist (1870–1948).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Tulle.
Died August 23rd, 1948 at 77 years old in Grosrouvre.
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
German botanist (1862-1948).
Born February 6th, 1862 in Hildburghausen.
Died December 19th, 1948 at 86 years old in Weimar.
Aleksandr Grossheim
Russian soviet botanist (1888-1948).
Born March 6th, 1888 in Lykhivka.
Died December 4th, 1948 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra
Journalist (1898–1948).
Born March 6th, 1898 in Juiz de Fora.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 50 years old in Rio de Janeiro (stroke).
Lauri Malmberg
Finnish general (1888–1948).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Helsinki.
Died March 14th, 1948 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
Alma Dolens
Italian pacifist, journalist, and feminist.
Born February 18th, 1869 in Gubbio.
Died May 20th, 1948 at 79 years old in Milan.
Juozas Gruodis
Lithuanian composer (1884-1948).
Born December 20th, 1884 in Rokėnai.
Died April 16th, 1948 at 63 years old in Kaunas.
Richard Depoorter
Belgian bicycle racer (1915–1948).
Born April 29th, 1915 in Ichtegem.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 33 years old in Wassen (falling from height).
Stanley Garton
British rower (1889-1948).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Worcester Park.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 59 years old in Woking.
Marie Baron
Dutch swimmer (1908-1948).
Born February 5th, 1908 in Rotterdam.
Died July 23rd, 1948 at 40 years old in Rotterdam.
Dragutin Vrđuka
Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Zagreb.
Died January 23rd, 1948 at 52 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Ilya Trauberg
Soviet film director (1905–1948).
Born December 3rd, 1905 in Odesa.
Died December 8th, 1948 at 43 years old in Berlin.
Voldemārs Zāmuēls
Latvian politician (1872-1948).
Born May 22nd, 1872 in Dzērbene.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 75 years old in Ravensburg.
Albert Séguin
Gymnast (1891–1948).
Born March 8th, 1891 in Vienne. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 57 years old in Villefranche-sur-Saône. [ref]
Ella Negruzzi
Romanian lawyer (1876-1949).
Born September 11th, 1876 in Hermeziu. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1948 at 72 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Dušan Zinaja
Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).
Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel