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

Heikki Paasonen

Finnish linguist (1865–1919).

Born January 2nd, 1865 in Mikkeli. [ref]

Died August 24th, 1919 at 54 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Occupations
ethnologist, linguist

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving