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In the year 1949
341 Notable deaths
Gustav Radbruch
German politician (1878-1949).
Born November 21st, 1878 in Lübeck.
Died November 23rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Heidelberg.
Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford
British politician (1870-1949).
Born November 19th, 1870 in South Shields. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1949 at 78 years old [ref]
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince of lippe.
Born May 30th, 1871 in Oberkassel.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 78 years old in Detmold.
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer (1905-1949).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Gilroy.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (asthma).
Alejandro Lerroux
Spanish politician (1864-1949).
Born March 4th, 1864 in La Rambla. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1949 at 85 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Joaquín Torres-García
Spanish uruguayan painter sculptor writer theorist of modern art active in spain, united states, italy, france and uruguay (1874-1949).
Born July 28th, 1874 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1949 at 75 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Leonor Michaelis
German biochemist.
Born January 16th, 1875 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1949 at 74 years old in New York City.
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Japanese politician.
Born March 21st, 1866 in Matsue.
Died November 20th, 1949 at 83 years old in Itō (angina pectoris).
Jack Lovelock
New zealand athlete (1910-1949).
Born January 5th, 1910 in Crushington.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 39 years old in Church Avenue (railway accident).
Henry McMahon
British military officer, colonial official and diplomat (1862–1949).
Born November 28th, 1862 in Shimla.
Died December 29th, 1949 at 87 years old in London.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 341
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson