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Dead at age 48
461 Notable deaths
Robert Mercier
Footballer (1909-1958).
Born October 14th, 1909 in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1958 at 48 years old in Blois. [ref]
Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
German physicist.
Born June 18th, 1865 in Vicenza.
Died August 29th, 1913 at 48 years old in Heidelberg.
Lucie Cousturier
French painter (1876-1925).
Born December 19th, 1876 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 16th, 1925 at 48 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Boris Lisunov
Soviet aerospace engineer.
Born August 19th, 1898 in Narimanovsky District.
Died November 3rd, 1946 at 48 years old
Mikhail Levandovsky
Soviet komandarm 2nd rank.
Born May 15th, 1890 in Tbilisi.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Lew Beck
Basketball player.
Born April 19th, 1922 in Portland.
Died April 25th, 1970 at 48 years old in Great Falls.
Bill Whitehouse
British racing driver.
Born April 1st, 1909 in London.
Died July 14th, 1957 at 48 years old in Reims-Gueux.
Jiří Skobla
Czechoslovak shot-putter.
Born June 16th, 1930 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1978 at 48 years old in Prague (kidney cancer). [ref]
Lorenz Nieberl
Bobsledder (1919-1968).
Born June 7th, 1919 in Weimar Republic.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 48 years old
Omar Pkhakadze
Soviet racing cyclist.
Born December 8th, 1944 in Kutaisi.
Died May 21st, 1993 at 48 years old in Tbilisi.
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