In the year 1948
388 Notable deaths
Arshile Gorky
Armenian-american painter (1904–1948).
Born April 15th, 1904 in Van. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1948 at 44 years old in Sherman (hanging). [ref]
Johannes Blaskowitz
German general.
Born July 10th, 1883 in Bolshaya Polyana. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1948 at 64 years old in Nuremberg (fall). [ref]
Harry Dexter White
American economist and soviet spy (1892–1948).
Born October 29th, 1892 in Boston.
Died August 16th, 1948 at 55 years old in Fitzwilliam.
Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948).
Born June 5th, 1887 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1948 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Andrei Zhdanov
Soviet politician (1896-1948).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Mariupol. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1948 at 52 years old in Dolgiye Borody (myocardial infarction). [ref]
C. Aubrey Smith
British actor (1863-1948).
Born July 21st, 1863 in London.
Died December 20th, 1948 at 85 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Karl Gebhardt
German physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948).
Born November 23rd, 1897 in Haag in Oberbayern.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 50 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Mickey Marcus
Israeli general.
Born February 22nd, 1901 in Manhattan.
Died June 11th, 1948 at 47 years old in Abu Ghosh.
Kantarō Suzuki
29th prime minister of japan (1868-1948).
Born January 18th, 1868 in Sakai.
Died April 17th, 1948 at 80 years old in Sekiyado (liver cancer).
Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918).
Born April 1st, 1868 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1948 at 80 years old in Paris (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold