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In the year 1951
373 Notable deaths
Tamiki Hara
Japanese writer.
Born November 15th, 1905 in Hiroshima.
Died March 13th, 1951 at 45 years old in Tokyo (railway accident).
Sammy Brooks
Actor (1891-1951).
Born July 10th, 1891 in New York City.
Died May 16th, 1951 at 59 years old in Los Angeles.
Paula von Preradović
Austrian writer, poet (1887-1951).
Born October 12th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died May 25th, 1951 at 63 years old in Vienna.
Tony Gaudio
Italian american cinematographer (1883–1951).
Born November 20th, 1883 in Cosenza.
Died August 10th, 1951 at 67 years old in Burlingame.
Marcel Tournier
French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.
Born June 5th, 1879 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1951 at 71 years old in Paris.
Henri Rivière
French artist and designer (1864-1951).
Born May 11th, 1864 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1951 at 87 years old in Sucy-en-Brie. [ref]
Jean-Jacques Waltz
French cartoonist (1873-1951).
Born February 23rd, 1873 in Colmar. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1951 at 78 years old in Colmar. [ref]
Phil Rosen
Film director, cinematographer (1888-1951).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Malbork. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1951 at 63 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dorothea Bate
Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Napier House.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 72 years old in Westcliff-on-Sea (coronary thrombosis).
Robert Kahn
German composer.
Born July 21st, 1865 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1951 at 85 years old in Biddenden. [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 373
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir