In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Arthur Dove
American painter (1880-1946).
Born August 2nd, 1880 in Canandaigua. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 66 years old in Huntington. [ref]
Helen Bannerman
Scottish author of children's books.
Born February 25th, 1862 in Edinburgh.
Died October 13th, 1946 at 84 years old in Edinburgh.
Heinrich George
German actor.
Born October 9th, 1893 in Szczecin. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1946 at 52 years old in NKVD special camp Nr. 7. [ref]
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Italian flying ace (1884-1946).
Born August 12th, 1884 in Naples.
Died August 23rd, 1946 at 62 years old in Ronchi.
Miles Mander
English actor (1888-1946).
Born May 14th, 1888 in Wolverhampton.
Died February 8th, 1946 at 57 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Bhulabhai Desai
Indian independence activist and lawyer.
Born October 13th, 1877 in Gujarat, British Raj, Valsad. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1946 at 68 years old [ref]
Max Warburg
German banker (1867-1946).
Born June 5th, 1867 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1946 at 79 years old in New York City.
Noah Beery, Sr.
American actor (1882-1946).
Born January 17th, 1882 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1946 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Dandy
American neurosurgeon (1886-1946).
Born April 6th, 1886 in Sedalia.
Died April 19th, 1946 at 60 years old in Baltimore (myocardial infarction).
Otto Förschner
German ss officer and concentration camp commander, convicted war criminal (1902-1946).
Born November 4th, 1902 in Dürrenzimmern.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 43 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 406
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen