In the year 1948
388 Notable deaths
Harry Price
British writer (1881–1948).
Born January 17th, 1881 in London.
Died March 29th, 1948 at 67 years old in Pulborough.
Seishirō Itagaki
Japanese general (1885-1948).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Numakunai.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Gregg Toland
American cinematographer (1904–1948).
Born May 29th, 1904 in Charleston. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1948 at 44 years old in Santa Monica (coronary thrombosis).
Kenji Doihara
Japanese general.
Born August 8th, 1883 in Okayama.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 65 years old in Tokyo (hanging).
John Lomax
American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948).
Born September 23rd, 1867 in Goodman.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 80 years old in Greenville (stroke).
Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer.
Born August 19th, 1871 in Dayton. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 76 years old in Dayton. [ref]
Wolfram Sievers
German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
German general (1891–1948).
Born September 11th, 1891 in Dachau.
Died April 30th, 1948 at 56 years old in Dachau (myocardial infarction).
Richard C. Tolman
American physicist (1881-1948).
Born March 4th, 1881 in West Newton.
Died September 5th, 1948 at 67 years old in Pasadena.
Samuel S. Hinds
Actor (1875-1948).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died October 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Pasadena (pneumonia).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 388
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore