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In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
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).
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).
Seishirō Itagaki
Japanese general (1885-1948).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Morioka.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer.
Born August 19th, 1871 in Dayton. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 76 years old in Dayton. [ref]
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
German general.
Born September 11th, 1891 in Dachau.
Died April 30th, 1948 at 56 years old in Dachau (myocardial infarction).
Kōki Hirota
Japanese politician executed (1878-1948).
Born February 14th, 1878 in Fukuoka.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Kenji Doihara
Japanese general.
Born August 8th, 1883 in Okayama.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 65 years old in Tokyo (hanging).
John Lomax
American musician.
Born September 23rd, 1867 in Goodman.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 80 years old (stroke).
Samuel S. Hinds
Actor (1875-1948).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died October 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Pasadena (pneumonia).
Susan Glaspell
American writer (1876-1948).
Born July 1st, 1876 in Davenport. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1948 at 72 years old in Provincetown.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 346
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan