In the year 1948
388 Notable deaths
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]
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.
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).
Akira Mutō
Japanese general (1892–1948).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Hakusui.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
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.
Susan Glaspell
American writer (1876-1948).
Born July 1st, 1876 in Davenport. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1948 at 72 years old in Provincetown.
Hans Aumeier
German ss officer (1906-1948).
Born August 20th, 1906 in Amberg.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 41 years old in Kraków (hanging).
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
Imam of yemen (1869–1948).
Born June 18th, 1869 in Sanaa.
Died February 17th, 1948 at 78 years old in Sanaa. [ref]
Dieter Wisliceny
Ss-hauptsturmführer (1911-1948).
Born January 13th, 1911 in Możdżany.
Died May 4th, 1948 at 37 years old in Bratislava (hanging to death). [ref]
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]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 388
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe