In the year 1950
390 Notable deaths
William Stewart
British cyclist (1883-1950).
Born September 15th, 1883 in Dufftown.
Died August 9th, 1950 at 66 years old in Bishop's Stortford.
Robert Hunter
Canadian rower (1904-1950).
Born January 1st, 1903 in Kaslo.
Died March 25th, 1950 at 47 years old in Orange County.
Conrad Christensen
Gymnast (1882–1950).
Born January 25th, 1882 in Christiania. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1950 at 68 years old in Oslo.
Halvor Møgster
Sailor.
Born December 21st, 1875 in Austevoll Municipality.
Died February 22nd, 1950 at 74 years old
Piet Dickentman
Dutch cyclist (1879–1950).
Born January 4th, 1879 in Amsterdam.
Died October 7th, 1950 at 71 years old in Amsterdam.
Karl Sandelin
Gymnast, yacht racer (1887–1950).
Born September 28th, 1887 in Malax.
Died May 8th, 1950 at 62 years old in Helsinki.
Yi Kwang-su
Korean novelist (1892–1950).
Born March 4th, 1892 in Chongju.
Died October 25th, 1950 at 58 years old in Manpo (tuberculosis).
Minka Govekar
Slovene translator (1874-1950), editor.
Born October 28th, 1874 in Trebnje. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1950 at 75 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Alfred Larsen
Norwegian sailor (1863-1950).
Born November 24th, 1863 in Oslo.
Died September 10th, 1950 at 86 years old
Jaroslav Kocián
Czech violinist, music educator and composer (1883–1950).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Ústí nad Orlicí. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1950 at 66 years old in Prague. [ref]
Deaths 381 to 390 of 390
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel