Dead at age 48
477 Notable deaths
Dai Li
Chinese kmt general (1897–1946).
Born May 28th, 1897 in Jiangshan City.
Died March 17th, 1946 at 48 years old in Nanjing.
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Indian revolutionary.
Born April 3rd, 1893 in Varanasi, British Raj.
Died February 7th, 1942 at 48 years old in Gorakhpur.
Grace Moore
American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947).
Born December 5th, 1898 in Cocke County. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1947 at 48 years old in Copenhagen Airport (aviation accident, 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident). [ref]
Ricardo Flores Magón
Mexican anarchist and social reform activist (1874–1922).
Born September 16th, 1874 in Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón.
Died November 21st, 1922 at 48 years old in United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth.
David J. C. MacKay
Regius professor of engineering at the university of cambridge (1967-2016).
Born April 22nd, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died April 14th, 2016 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ahmed Rushdi
Pakistani playback singer.
Born April 24th, 1934 in British Raj, Hyderabad State.
Died April 11th, 1983 at 48 years old in Karachi.
James Le Mesurier
Founder of mayday rescue, white helmets.
Born May 25th, 1971 in Singapore. [ref]
Died November 11th, 2019 at 48 years old in Istanbul (fall). [ref]
Sergei Dovlatov
Soviet writer.
Born September 3rd, 1941 in Ufa.
Died August 24th, 1990 at 48 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Emilio Salgari
Italian writer.
Born August 21st, 1862 in Verona.
Died April 25th, 1911 at 48 years old in Turin (stabbing). [ref]
Jean Patou
French fashion designer (1887-1936).
Born September 27th, 1887 in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 8th, 1936 at 48 years old in Paris.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde