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In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
Hans Aumeier
German ss officer (1906-1948).
Born August 20th, 1906 in Amberg.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 41 years old in Kraków (hanging).
Edward J. Flanagan
American priest in nebraska (1886-1948).
Born July 13th, 1886 in County Roscommon. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1948 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Josephus Daniels
American ewspaper owner and politician.
Born May 18th, 1862 in Washington. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1948 at 85 years old in Raleigh. [ref]
Sigrid Hjertén
Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948).
Born October 27th, 1885 in Sundvall parish. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1948 at 62 years old in Saltsjöbaden Parish. [ref]
Rudolf Brandt
German civil servant and ss officer, convicted war criminal (1909-1948).
Born June 2nd, 1909 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 39 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Mitsumasa Yonai
Prime minister of japan (1880-1948).
Born March 2nd, 1880 in Morioka.
Died April 20th, 1948 at 68 years old in Morioka (pneumonia).
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
British princess.
Born May 3rd, 1870 in Frogmore House.
Died March 13th, 1948 at 77 years old in London.
Akira Mutō
Japanese general.
Born December 15th, 1892 in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Edgar Kennedy
Actor.
Born April 26th, 1890 in Monterey County. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1948 at 58 years old in Woodland Hills (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Dieter Wisliceny
Ss-hauptsturmführer (1911-1948).
Born January 13th, 1911 in Możdżany.
Died May 4th, 1948 at 37 years old in Bratislava (hanging). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 346
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)