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In the year 1950
390 Notable deaths
Wojciech Weiss
Polish painter.
Born May 4th, 1875 in Leorda. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1950 at 75 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Joe Fry
British racing driver.
Born October 26th, 1915 in Chipping Sodbury.
Died July 29th, 1950 at 34 years old in Blandford Forum.
Joë Bousquet
French writer (1897–1950).
Born March 19th, 1897 in Narbonne.
Died September 28th, 1950 at 53 years old in Carcassonne.
Ernest Archdeacon
French aviation pioneer (1863-1950).
Born March 28th, 1863 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1950 at 86 years old in Versailles.
Nicolae Ciupercă
Romanian general (1882-1950).
Born April 20th, 1882 in Râmnicu Sărat. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1950 at 68 years old in Bucharest.
Billy Burch
Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1950).
Born November 20th, 1900 in Yonkers.
Died November 30th, 1950 at 50 years old in Toronto.
Antonina Nezhdanova
Russian opera singer.
Born June 16th, 1873 in Odesa.
Died June 26th, 1950 at 77 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vavro Šrobár
Czechoslovak politician (1867-1950).
Born August 9th, 1867 in Lisková. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1950 at 83 years old in Olomouc. [ref]
Stanisław Szeptycki
Polish general of ukrainian descent.
Born January 3rd, 1867 in Prylbychi.
Died October 9th, 1950 at 83 years old in Kraków, Korczyna.
Robert Smythe Hichens
English journalist, novelist and short story writer (1864–1950).
Born November 14th, 1864 in Speldhurst.
Died July 20th, 1950 at 85 years old in Zurich.
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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