In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Chairil Anwar
Indonesian poet.
Born July 26th, 1922 in Medan.
Died April 28th, 1949 at 26 years old in Jakarta.
Hanns Albin Rauter
German general (1895-1949).
Born February 4th, 1895 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died March 24th, 1949 at 54 years old in Scheveningen (gunshot wound).
Karl Behr
Us tennis player.
Born May 30th, 1885 in Brooklyn.
Died October 15th, 1949 at 64 years old in New York City.
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).
László Rajk
Hungarian politician (1909–1949).
Born March 8th, 1909 in Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Died October 15th, 1949 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
Charles Middleton
American actor (1874–1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Elizabethtown.
Died April 22nd, 1949 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
James Somerville
British royal navy officer (1882-1949).
Born July 17th, 1882 in Weybridge. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1949 at 66 years old in Somerset. [ref]
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).
Perce Blackborow
British explorer.
Born April 8th, 1894 in Newport.
Died January 8th, 1949 at 54 years old in Newport.
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
French banker (1868-1949).
Born February 24th, 1868 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1949 at 81 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 391
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner