In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Toshio Shiratori
Japanese politician (1887-1949).
Born June 8th, 1887 in Mobara.
Died June 3rd, 1949 at 61 years old in Tokyo (laryngeal cancer).
Mary Antin
American memoirist.
Born June 13th, 1881 in Polotsk.
Died May 15th, 1949 at 67 years old in Suffern (cancer).
Ray Lyman Wilbur
President of stanford university.
Born April 13th, 1875 in Boone.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 74 years old in Stanford.
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Ehmetjan Qasim
Soviet politician (1914-1949).
Born April 15th, 1914 in Yining City.
Died August 27th, 1949 at 35 years old in Soviet Union.
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Russian symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949).
Born February 28th, 1866 in Moscow.
Died July 16th, 1949 at 83 years old in Rome.
Ludwig Hohlwein
German graphic designer (1874-1949).
Born July 26th, 1874 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1949 at 75 years old in Berchtesgaden. [ref]
Nora Gregor
Austrian actress (1901–1949).
Born February 3rd, 1901 in Gorizia.
Died January 20th, 1949 at 47 years old in Viña del Mar (myocardial infarction).
Beauford H. Jester
American politician (1893-1949).
Born January 12th, 1893 in Corsicana.
Died July 11th, 1949 at 56 years old in Houston (myocardial infarction).
Will Cuppy
American writer (1884-1949).
Born August 23rd, 1884 in Auburn. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1949 at 65 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 391
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson