In the year 1949
342 Notable deaths
Freddie Grubb
English racing cyclist.
Born May 27th, 1887 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died March 6th, 1949 at 61 years old in Surrey.
Walther Lucht
German general and knight's cross recipient.
Born February 26th, 1882 in Berlin.
Died March 18th, 1949 at 67 years old in Heilbronn (traffic collision).
József Viola
Association football player (1896-1949).
Born June 10th, 1896 in Komárom.
Died August 18th, 1949 at 53 years old in Bologna.
Torsten Carleman
Swedish mathematician, known for research in classical mathematical analysis (1892-1949).
Born July 8th, 1892 in Visseltofta. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1949 at 56 years old in Danderyd parish.
Eusebio Castigliano
Italian footballer (1921-1949).
Born February 9th, 1921 in Vercelli.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 28 years old in Superga.
Ellery Harding Clark
American track and field athlete.
Born March 13th, 1874 in West Roxbury.
Died February 17th, 1949 at 74 years old in Boston.
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
Russian poet and lyricist (1898-1949).
Born August 8th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died February 20th, 1949 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Tai Chi-tao
Chinese politician (1891-1949).
Born January 6th, 1891 in Guanghan.
Died February 21st, 1949 at 58 years old in Guangzhou (drug overdose).
Midhat Frashëri
Albanian diplomat and poet (1880-1949).
Born March 25th, 1880 in Ioannina.
Died October 3rd, 1949 at 69 years old in Long Island (myocardial infarction).
Anastasios Charalambis
Greek politician and general (1862-1949).
Born September 22nd, 1862 in Kalavryta.
Died March 11th, 1949 at 86 years old in Athens.
Deaths 221 to 230 of 342
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson