Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 48
443 Notable deaths
Anna Pavlova
Russian ballet dancer.
Born February 16th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1931 at 48 years old in The Hague (pneumonia). [ref]
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Social and political leader during the indian independence movement (1866-1915).
Born May 9th, 1866 in Bombay Presidency, Ratnagiri district. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1915 at 48 years old in Mumbai, Pune. [ref]
Abubakar Shekau
Leader of a nigerian militant group (1973-2021).
Born March 24th, 1973 in Shekau. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2021 at 48 years old in Sambisa Forest (suicide bombing). [ref]
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958-2006).
Born August 30th, 1958 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2006 at 48 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian-ukrainian author.
Born May 15th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1940 at 48 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist.
Born October 16th, 1948 in Plattsburgh.
Died June 8th, 1997 at 48 years old in Lyme (mercury poisoning).
Yvette Wilson
Actress from the united states (1964-2012).
Born March 6th, 1964 in Los Angeles.
Died June 14th, 2012 at 48 years old in Los Angeles (cervical cancer). [ref]
Anthony Mason
American basketball player (1966-2015).
Born December 14th, 1966 in Miami.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 48 years old in Manhattan (congestive heart failure).
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first soviet secret police organs (1877-1926).
Born September 11th, 1877 in Dzerzhinovo.
Died July 20th, 1926 at 48 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Isabella Blow
Magazine editor, stylist, actress, model.
Born November 19th, 1958 in The London Clinic.
Died May 7th, 2007 at 48 years old in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (intoxication). [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 443
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka