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In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Teun Beijnen
Dutch rower (1899-1949).
Born June 13th, 1899 in Neerijnen.
Died July 13th, 1949 at 50 years old in Buren.
Otakar Vindyš
Czech ice hockey player (1884-1949).
Born April 9th, 1884 in Prague.
Died December 23rd, 1949 at 65 years old in Prague.
Paul Chocque
Road bicycle racer.
Born July 14th, 1910 in Meudon.
Died September 4th, 1949 at 39 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Karl Proisl
Canoe racer.
Born July 9th, 1911 in Traisen.
Died December 2nd, 1949 at 38 years old in Belgrade.
William Henry Dean
British water polo player (1887-1949).
Born February 6th, 1887 in Manchester.
Died May 2nd, 1949 at 62 years old
Hermann Bohne
Gymnast (1890-1949).
Born September 22nd, 1890 in Tromsø Municipality.
Died January 5th, 1949 at 58 years old in Tromsø Municipality.
Georg Gerstäcker
Olympic wrestler (1889-1949).
Born June 3rd, 1889 in Nuremberg.
Died December 21st, 1949 at 60 years old in Nuremberg.
Sigfrid Öberg
Ice hockey player (1907–1949).
Born January 22nd, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died April 2nd, 1949 at 42 years old in Stockholm.
Latino Galasso
Italian rower (1898-1949).
Born August 25th, 1898 in Zadar.
Died July 29th, 1949 at 50 years old in Rovereto.
Kenneth Hunt
English footballer (1884-1949).
Born February 24th, 1884 in Oxford.
Died April 28th, 1949 at 65 years old in Heathfield.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 391
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius