In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.
American diplomat, ran lend lease (1900-1949).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Chicago.
Died October 31st, 1949 at 49 years old in Greenwich (coronary thrombosis).
Seymour Hicks
British actor (1871–1949).
Born January 30th, 1871 in Saint Helier.
Died April 6th, 1949 at 78 years old in Hampshire.
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949).
Born March 17th, 1874 in Budapest.
Died April 19th, 1949 at 75 years old in New York City.
Felix Bressart
Film actor (1892-1949).
Born March 2nd, 1895 in Chernyshevskoye.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Thomas Gore
American politician (1870-1949).
Born December 10th, 1870 in Webster County.
Died March 16th, 1949 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
Soviet military commander and marshal of the soviet union (1894-1949).
Born June 16th, 1894 in Yaroslavl.
Died October 17th, 1949 at 55 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Prince Harald of Denmark
Danish prince (1876–1949).
Born October 8th, 1876 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
Mariano Fortuny
Spanish fashion designer (1871-1949).
Born May 11th, 1871 in Granada. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1949 at 77 years old in Venice. [ref]
Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou
Politician and priest from greece (1891-1949).
Born March 15th, 1891 in Dorvitsa.
Died May 20th, 1949 at 58 years old in Athens.
Walter Buch
German general (1883-1949).
Born October 24th, 1883 in Bruchsal.
Died November 12th, 1949 at 66 years old in Schondorf am Ammersee (exsanguination).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 391
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks