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In the year 1952
363 Notable deaths
Carl Severing
German politician (1875-1952).
Born June 1st, 1875 in Herford.
Died July 23rd, 1952 at 77 years old in Bielefeld.
John Langenus
Belgian football referee (1891-1952).
Born December 8th, 1891 in Berchem.
Died October 1st, 1952 at 60 years old in Antwerp.
Gypsy Abbott
Silent film actress (1896–1952).
Born January 31st, 1896 in Atlanta.
Died July 25th, 1952 at 56 years old in Hollywood (lung cancer).
Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko
Supreme commander of the ukrainian galician army.
Born December 20th, 1878 in Tbilisi.
Died May 29th, 1952 at 73 years old in Paris.
René Grousset
French historian (1885-1952).
Born September 5th, 1885 in Aubais. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1952 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Henry Drysdale Dakin
British chemist (1880-1952).
Born March 12th, 1880 in London.
Died February 10th, 1952 at 71 years old in New York City.
Constant Permeke
Belgian painter and sculptor (1886-1952).
Born July 31st, 1886 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1952 at 65 years old in Ostend. [ref]
Frederic G. Kenyon
British palaeographer and classical scholar (1863–1952).
Born January 15th, 1863 in London.
Died August 23rd, 1952 at 89 years old in Oxted.
Elizabeth Robins
Actor, producer, playwright, novelist and feminist (1862-1952).
Born August 6th, 1862 in Louisville.
Died May 8th, 1952 at 89 years old in Brighton.
Henriëtte Bosmans
Dutch composer (1895-1952).
Born December 6th, 1895 in Amsterdam.
Died July 2nd, 1952 at 56 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Deaths 161 to 170 of 363
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius