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In the year 1949
342 Notable deaths
Gheorghe Mironescu
Romanian politician (1874-1949).
Born January 29th, 1874 in Vaslui.
Died October 9th, 1949 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Henry Warner Slocum, Jr.
American tennis player (1862-1949).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Syracuse.
Died January 22nd, 1949 at 86 years old in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Marie Louise Berneri
Anarchist writer (1918–1949).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Arezzo.
Died April 13th, 1949 at 31 years old in Hampstead (puerperal disorders).
Vilhelm Ekelund
Swedish poet (1880-1949).
Born October 14th, 1880 in Stehag.
Died September 3rd, 1949 at 68 years old in Saltsjöbaden.
Ivar Lykke
17th prime minister of norway.
Born January 8th, 1872 in Trondheim. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1949 at 77 years old in Trondheim. [ref]
Joseph A. Valentine
American cinematographer (1900-1949).
Born July 24th, 1900 in New York City.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 48 years old in Cheviot Hills.
Alexander Drankov
Russian photographer (1886-1949).
Born January 30th, 1886 in Feodosia.
Died January 3rd, 1949 at 62 years old in San Francisco (myocardial infarction).
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido
Venezuelan politician.
Born July 28th, 1854 in Barinas.
Died July 25th, 1949 at 94 years old in Caracas.
Felix Kaufmann
Austrian philosopher of law.
Born July 4th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died December 23rd, 1949 at 54 years old in New York City.
Alfred Rehder
German-american professor of botany (1863-1949).
Born September 4th, 1863 in Waldenburg.
Died July 25th, 1949 at 85 years old in Jamaica Plain.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 342
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