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In the year 1948
396 Notable deaths
Pompeu Fabra
Catalan linguist (1868–1948).
Born February 20th, 1868 in La Salut. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1948 at 80 years old in Prades.
Nigel De Brulier
English actor (1877-1948).
Born August 8th, 1877 in Bristol.
Died January 30th, 1948 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.
André Bloch
French mathematician (1893–1948).
Born November 20th, 1893 in Besançon.
Died October 11th, 1948 at 54 years old in Paris (leukemia).
Paul Nitsche
German psychiatrist (1876-1948).
Born November 25th, 1876 in Colditz.
Died March 25th, 1948 at 71 years old in Dresden (decapitation).
Gerhard Flesch
Nazi war criminal (1909-1948).
Born October 8th, 1909 in Poznań. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1948 at 38 years old in Trondheim (gunshot wound).
Raoul Koczalski
Polish pianist (1884–1948).
Born January 3rd, 1884 in Warsaw.
Died November 24th, 1948 at 64 years old in Poznań.
Hayao Tada
Japanese general (1882-1948).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Sendai.
Died December 16th, 1948 at 66 years old in Tateyama (stomach cancer).
Richard von Kühlmann
German diplomat and industrialist (1873-1948).
Born May 3rd, 1873 in Constantinople.
Died February 16th, 1948 at 74 years old in Ohlstadt.
Lilian Braithwaite
English actress (1873–1948).
Born March 9th, 1873 in Ramsgate.
Died September 17th, 1948 at 75 years old in London.
Edgar de Wahl
Baltic german linguist.
Born August 11th, 1867 in Olviopol.
Died March 9th, 1948 at 80 years old in Tallinn.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 396
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran