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In the year 1948
404 Notable deaths
Folke Bernadotte
Swedish diplomat (1895–1948).
Born January 2nd, 1895 in Skeppsholm church parish. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1948 at 53 years old in Jerusalem.
Yoshiko Kawashima
Japanese spy in china (1907-1948).
Born May 24th, 1907 in Beijing.
Died March 25th, 1948 at 40 years old in Beijing (ballistic trauma).
Aldo Leopold
American writer and scientist (1887-1948).
Born January 11th, 1887 in Burlington.
Died April 21st, 1948 at 61 years old in Baraboo (myocardial infarction).
Edvard Beneš
Czechoslovak politician (1884-1948).
Born May 28th, 1884 in Kožlany. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1948 at 64 years old in Sezimovo Ústí. [ref]
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Indian poet.
Born August 16th, 1904 in Allahabad district. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1948 at 43 years old in Seoni. [ref]
Iwane Matsui
Japanese general (1878-1948).
Born July 27th, 1878 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Maria Mandl
Austrian holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal (1912–1948).
Born January 10th, 1912 in Münzkirchen.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 36 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Claude McKay
Jamaican american writer, poet (1889–1948).
Born September 15th, 1989 in Clarendon Parish.
Died May 22nd, 1948 at -42 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Ed Ricketts
American marine biologist (1897-1948).
Born May 14th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died May 11th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salinas (railway accident).
Karl Brandt
German nazi ss officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904–1948).
Born January 8th, 1904 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Anna Jarvis
Founder of mother's day.
Born May 1st, 1864 in Webster. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1948 at 84 years old in West Chester (Soviet Union).
Sophia Duleep Singh
British suffragist.
Born August 8th, 1876 in Elveden Hall.
Died August 22nd, 1948 at 72 years old in Tylers Green.
Abigail Greene Aldrich
American socialite and philanthropist (1874–1948).
Born October 26th, 1874 in Providence.
Died April 5th, 1948 at 73 years old in New York City.
Kurt Schwitters
German artist (1887-1948).
Born June 20th, 1887 in Hanover. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1948 at 60 years old in Kendal. [ref]
Warren William
Broadway and hollywood actor (1894–1948).
Born December 2nd, 1894 in Aitkin.
Died September 24th, 1948 at 53 years old in Encino (multiple myeloma).
Arshile Gorky
Armenian-american painter (1904–1948).
Born April 15th, 1904 in Dilkaya.
Died July 21st, 1948 at 44 years old in Sherman (hanging to death).
Johannes Blaskowitz
German general.
Born July 10th, 1883 in Bolshaya Polyana. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1948 at 64 years old in Nuremberg (fall). [ref]
Harry Dexter White
American economist and soviet spy (1892–1948).
Born October 29th, 1892 in Boston.
Died August 16th, 1948 at 55 years old in Fitzwilliam.
Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948).
Born June 5th, 1887 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1948 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Andrei Zhdanov
Soviet politician (1896-1948).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Mariupol.
Died August 31st, 1948 at 52 years old in Moscow, Dolgiye Borody (myocardial infarction).
C. Aubrey Smith
British actor (1863-1948).
Born July 21st, 1863 in London.
Died December 20th, 1948 at 85 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Karl Gebhardt
German physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948).
Born November 23rd, 1897 in Haag in Oberbayern.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 50 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Mickey Marcus
Israeli general (1901–1948).
Born February 22nd, 1901 in Manhattan.
Died June 11th, 1948 at 47 years old in Abu Ghosh.
Kantarō Suzuki
29th prime minister of japan (1868-1948).
Born January 18th, 1868 in Sakai.
Died April 17th, 1948 at 80 years old in Sekiyado (liver cancer).
Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918).
Born April 1st, 1868 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1948 at 80 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown