In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
Dion Fortune
British mistic and author.
Born December 6th, 1890.
Died January 8th, 1946 at 55 years old in London (leukemia).
George Arliss
English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868-1946).
Born April 10th, 1868 in London.
Died February 5th, 1946 at 77 years old in London (infectious disease).
Lionel Atwill
English and american actor (1885-1946).
Born March 1st, 1885 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1946 at 61 years old in Pacific Palisades (pneumonia).
Clemens August von Galen
German count, bishop of münster, and cardinal, important figure in catholic resistance to nazism.
Born March 16th, 1878 in Dinklage. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1946 at 68 years old in Münster (peritonitis). [ref]
Ewa Paradies
Nazi concentration camp official (1920–1946).
Born December 17th, 1920 in Lębork.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 25 years old in Gdańsk (hanging to death).
Wilhelm Marx
German politician (1863–1946).
Born January 15th, 1863 in Cologne.
Died August 5th, 1946 at 83 years old in Bonn.
Anton Mussert
Dutch fascist (1894-1946).
Born May 11th, 1894 in Werkendam.
Died May 7th, 1946 at 51 years old in The Hague, Waalsdorpervlakte (ballistic trauma).
James Clark McReynolds
United states federal judge and supreme court justice (1862-1946).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Elkton.
Died August 24th, 1946 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
Henry Morgenthau
American diplomat.
Born April 26th, 1856 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1946 at 90 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 439
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche