In the year 1948
346 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]
Iwane Matsui
Japanese general (1878-1948).
Born July 27th, 1878 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Johannes Blaskowitz
German general.
Born July 10th, 1883 in Bolshaya Polyana. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1948 at 64 years old in Nuremberg (fall). [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]
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]
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]
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).
Malcolm Campbell
English racing driver and speed record holder.
Born March 11th, 1885 in Chislehurst.
Died December 31st, 1948 at 63 years old in Reigate.
Yellapragada Subbarow
Indian scientist.
Born January 12th, 1895 in Bhimavaram.
Died August 9th, 1948 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Mickey Marcus
Israeli general.
Born February 22nd, 1901 in Manhattan.
Died June 11th, 1948 at 47 years old in Abu Ghosh.
Deaths 41 to 50 of 346
Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood