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In the year 1949
341 Notable deaths
Elin Pelin
Bulgarian writer (1877-1949).
Born July 18th, 1877 in Bailovo. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1949 at 72 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Knud Børge Martinsen
Ss danish officer.
Born November 30th, 1905 in Sandved.
Died June 25th, 1949 at 43 years old in Copenhagen (ballistic trauma).
Elmer Clifton
American film director.
Born March 14th, 1890 in Toronto. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1949 at 59 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Flora Drummond
British suffragette (1878-1949).
Born August 4th, 1878 in Manchester.
Died January 17th, 1949 at 70 years old in Carradale (stroke).
James Henry Thomas
British politician (1874-1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Newport.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in London.
Walt Kuhn
American painter (1877-1949).
Born October 27th, 1877 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1949 at 71 years old in White Plains (ulcer). [ref]
Carmen SEXO XXX
Costa rican politician and writer.
Born January 15th, 1887 in San José. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1949 at 62 years old in Mexico City.
Herbert Greenfield
Canadian politician (1869-1949).
Born November 25th, 1869 in Winchester.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Calgary.
Gregory Mathews
Australian amateur ornithologist.
Born September 10th, 1876 in Castlereagh River.
Died March 27th, 1949 at 72 years old in Winchester.
Henrik Galeen
Austrian-born actor (1881-1949).
Born January 7th, 1881 in Stryi.
Died July 30th, 1949 at 68 years old in Randolph (cancer).
Deaths 171 to 180 of 341
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