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In the year 1949
341 Notable deaths
Prince Harald of Denmark
Danish prince.
Born October 8th, 1876 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
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).
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..
Hans Pfitzner
German composer.
Born May 5th, 1869 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1949 at 80 years old in Salzburg. [ref]
William Nicholson
British painter, engraver and illustrator (1872–1949).
Born February 5th, 1872 in Newark-on-Trent. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1949 at 77 years old in Blewbury. [ref]
Helen Churchill Candee
American writer.
Born October 5th, 1859 in New York City.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 89 years old in York Harbor.
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).
László Rajk
Hungarian politician (1909-1949).
Born March 8th, 1909 in Odorheiu Secuiesc. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1949 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging). [ref]
Oscar Polk
American actor (1899-1949).
Born December 25th, 1899 in Marianna.
Died January 4th, 1949 at 49 years old in New York City (struck by vehicle).
Buddy Clark
American singer in the 1930s and 1940s.
Born July 26th, 1912 in Dorchester. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1949 at 37 years old in Beverly Boulevard (aviation accident).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 341
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan