In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Harry Stack Sullivan
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1892-1949).
Born February 21st, 1892 in Norwich.
Died January 14th, 1949 at 56 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Sam Wood
Director, producer, actor (1883-1949).
Born July 10th, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died September 22nd, 1949 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Truslow Adams
American writer and historian (1878–1949).
Born October 18th, 1878 in Brooklyn, Southport.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 70 years old in Westport.
Sekiryo Kaneda
Japanese businessman (1901–1949).
Born December 10th, 1901 in Japan.
Died February 2nd, 1949 at 47 years old (stroke).
Richard Connell
American author and journalist (1893-1949).
Born October 17th, 1893 in Poughkeepsie.
Died November 22nd, 1949 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies
Two sicilian and spanish royal (1870–1949).
Born November 10th, 1870 in Gries am Brenner. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1949 at 79 years old in Seville.
Axel Munthe
Swedish physician (1857-1949).
Born October 31st, 1857 in Döderhults parish.
Died February 11th, 1949 at 91 years old in Storkyrkoförsamlingen (tuberculosis).
Valentino Mazzola
Italian footballer (1919–1949).
Born January 26th, 1919 in Cassano d'Adda.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 30 years old in Superga.
Antun Saadeh
Lebanese politician (1904-1949).
Born March 1st, 1904 in Dhour El Choueir.
Died July 8th, 1949 at 45 years old in Beirut (execution by shooting).
Vasily Degtyaryov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1880-1949).
Born January 2nd, 1880 in Tula.
Died January 16th, 1949 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 391
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine