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In the year 1948
374 Notable deaths
Paolo Thaon di Revel
Italian admiral (1859-1948).
Born June 10th, 1859 in Turin.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 88 years old in Rome. [ref]
Wilhelm von Opel
Member of the german opel family.
Born May 15th, 1871 in Rüsselsheim am Main. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1948 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Charles Bryant
British actor and film director.
Born January 8th, 1879 in Hartford.
Died August 7th, 1948 at 69 years old in Mount Kisco.
Walter Schimana
German general.
Born March 12th, 1898 in Opava.
Died September 12th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salzburg.
Josef Kollmer
Ss officer (1901-1948).
Born February 26th, 1901 in Kollnburg.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 46 years old in Kraków (hanging).
Siegfried Fehmer
German gestapo officer.
Born January 10th, 1911 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1948 at 37 years old in Oslo (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Marie Steiner-von Sivers
Anthroposophist (1867-1948).
Born March 14th, 1867 in Włocławek. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1948 at 81 years old in Beatenberg. [ref]
Hans Möser
Ss-obersturmführer.
Born April 7th, 1906 in Darmstadt.
Died November 26th, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Zhou Fohai
Chinese politician (1897–1948).
Born May 29th, 1897 in Yuanling County. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1948 at 50 years old in Nanjing Prison. [ref]
Mimmo Paladino
Italian painter (born 1948).
Born December 18th, 1948 in Paduli. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1948 at 0 years old
Deaths 171 to 180 of 374
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