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In the year 1948
376 Notable deaths
Juozas Gruodis
Lithuanian composer (1884-1948).
Born December 20th, 1884 in Rokėnai.
Died April 16th, 1948 at 63 years old in Kaunas.
Dragutin Vrđuka
Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Zagreb.
Died January 23rd, 1948 at 52 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Ilya Trauberg
Soviet film director (1905–1948).
Born December 3rd, 1905 in Odesa.
Died December 18th, 1948 at 43 years old in Berlin.
Auguste Guerrier
Olympic sailor.
Born October 22nd, 1874 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1948 at 74 years old [ref]
Stanley Garton
British rower (1889-1948).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Worcester Park.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 59 years old in Woking.
Dušan Zinaja
Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).
Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).
Lauri Malmberg
Finnish general (1888–1948).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Helsinki.
Died March 14th, 1948 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
August Weberbauer
German naturalist, botanist and university professor (1871-1948).
Born November 26th, 1871 in Wrocław.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 76 years old in Lima.
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
German botanist (1862-1948).
Born February 6th, 1862 in Hildburghausen.
Died December 19th, 1948 at 86 years old in Weimar.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 376
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain