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In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
Therese Brandl
Nazi concentration camp guard (1902-1948).
Born February 1st, 1902 in Staudach-Egerndach.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 45 years old in Kraków (hanging).
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).
Franz Lehár
Austrian composer.
Born April 30th, 1870 in Komárom. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1948 at 78 years old in Bad Ischl. [ref]
George Beurling
Second world war flying ace.
Born December 6th, 1921 in Verdun.
Died May 21st, 1948 at 26 years old in Rome. [ref]
Charles A. Beard
American historian (1874-1948).
Born November 27th, 1874 in Knightstown.
Died September 1st, 1948 at 73 years old in New Haven.
Arthur Liebehenschel
Ss officer.
Born November 25th, 1901 in Poznań.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 46 years old in Kraków (hanging). [ref]
Nikolai Berdyaev
Russian philosopher.
Born March 18th, 1874 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1948 at 74 years old in Clamart. [ref]
Mirin Dajo
Dutch body piercer (1912-1948).
Born August 6th, 1912 in Rotterdam.
Died May 28th, 1948 at 35 years old in Zürich, Winterthur.
May Whitty
English actress (1865-1948).
Born June 19th, 1865 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 82 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Irmfried Eberl
Ss officer, first commandant of treblinka extermination camp.
Born September 8th, 1910 in Bregenz.
Died February 16th, 1948 at 37 years old in Ulm (hanging).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 346
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