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In the year 1951
351 Notable deaths
Bernhard Weiß
German police chief (1880-1951).
Born July 30th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 70 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Willem Mengelberg
Dutch conductor.
Born March 28th, 1871 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1951 at 79 years old in Zuort (stroke). [ref]
Yoshio Nishina
Japanese physicist.
Born December 6th, 1890 in Satoshō.
Died January 10th, 1951 at 60 years old (liver cancer).
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Norwegian physicist and meteorologist.
Born March 14th, 1862 in Christiania.
Died April 9th, 1951 at 89 years old in Oslo.
Herman Hupfeld
American songwriter.
Born February 1st, 1894 in Montclair. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1951 at 57 years old in Montclair. [ref]
Herman Charles Bosman
South african writer.
Born February 3rd, 1905 in Kuils River (town).
Died October 14th, 1951 at 46 years old in Edenvale. [ref]
Gordon Hodgson
Footballer, football manager (1904-1951).
Born April 16th, 1904 in Johannesburg.
Died June 14th, 1951 at 47 years old in Stoke-on-Trent (cancer).
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
German biochemist (1884-1951).
Born April 12th, 1884 in Hanover.
Died October 6th, 1951 at 67 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction).
Leon Errol
Australian actor.
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Sydney.
Died October 12th, 1951 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Robert Broom
South african doctor and paleontologist.
Born November 30th, 1866 in Paisley.
Died April 6th, 1951 at 84 years old in Pretoria.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 351
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn