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In the year 1951
351 Notable deaths
Vincent Mangano
American mobster.
Born March 28th, 1888 in Villabate.
Died April 19th, 1951 at 63 years old in New York City.
René Guénon
French metaphysician (1886-1951).
Born November 15th, 1886 in Blois. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1951 at 64 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Charles G. Dawes
Vice president of the united states from 1925 to 1929.
Born August 27th, 1865 in Marietta. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1951 at 85 years old in Evanston (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
Otto Ohlendorf
German ss-general.
Born February 4th, 1907 in Hoheneggelsen.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 44 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Chuhdary Rahmat Ali
Pakistani politician.
Born November 16th, 1897 in Balachaur. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1951 at 53 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Paul Blobel
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894–1951).
Born August 13th, 1894 in Potsdam.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 56 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Nora Barnacle
Wife of james joyce.
Born March 21st, 1884 in Galway.
Died April 10th, 1951 at 67 years old in Zürich.
Ernest Bevin
British labour leader, politician, and statesman (1881-1951).
Born March 9th, 1881 in Winsford. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1951 at 70 years old in Westminster.
Arnold Sommerfeld
German physicist.
Born December 5th, 1868 in Königsberg.
Died April 26th, 1951 at 82 years old in Munich (traffic collision).
Martha Bernays
Wife of austrian psychoanalyst sigmund freud.
Born July 26th, 1861 in Hamburg.
Died November 2nd, 1951 at 90 years old in London. [ref]
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran