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Dead at age 48
620 Notable deaths
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919).
Born August 21st, 1871 in Oryol.
Died September 12th, 1919 at 48 years old in Gorkovskoye (heart failure).
Helmuth von Pannwitz
German general (1898-1947).
Born October 14th, 1898 in Bodzanowice.
Died January 16th, 1947 at 48 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Rosalía de Castro
Galician poet and writer (1837-1885).
Born February 23rd, 1837 in Conxo, Santiago de Compostela. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1885 at 48 years old in A Matanza (uterine cancer).
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
German manufacturer and politician (1854-1902).
Born February 17th, 1854 in Essen.
Died December 22nd, 1902 at 48 years old in Essen.
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955).
Born October 20th, 1906 in Niigata.
Died February 17th, 1955 at 48 years old in Kiryū.
Anthony Durnford
British army officer (1830–1879).
Born June 24th, 1830 in County Leitrim.
Died January 22nd, 1879 at 48 years old in Isandlwana.
Ilya Segalovich
Russian businessman, founder of yandex (1964–2013).
Born September 13th, 1964 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2013 at 48 years old in London (meningitis, stomach cancer, brain cancer).
Karl Edward Wagner
American writer (1945–1994).
Born December 12th, 1945 in Knoxville. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1994 at 48 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Vasily Perov
Russian painter (1834-1882).
Born January 2nd, 1834 in Tobolsk. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1882 at 48 years old in Kuzminki District (tuberculosis). [ref]
Albert Lamorisse
French filmmaker, film producer, and writer (1922–1970).
Born January 13th, 1922 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1970 at 48 years old in Karaj. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir