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In the year 1952
322 Notable deaths
Louis Wirth
American sociologist (1897-1952).
Born August 28th, 1897 in Gemünden. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1952 at 54 years old in Buffalo.
Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria
Austrian archduke (1895-1952).
Born April 13th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died January 19th, 1952 at 56 years old in Nice.
J. Farrell MacDonald
Actor & director (1875-1952).
Born June 6th, 1875 in Waterbury.
Died August 2nd, 1952 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Alberto Hurtado
Chilean jesuit saint (1901-1952).
Born January 22nd, 1901 in Viña del Mar.
Died August 18th, 1952 at 51 years old in Santiago (pancreatic cancer).
Juan Yagüe Blanco
Spanish legion general (1891-1952).
Born November 9th, 1891 in San Leonardo de Yagüe.
Died October 29th, 1952 at 60 years old in Burgos.
Robert P. Patterson
American federal judge, undersecretary of war, later secretary of war (1891-1952).
Born February 12th, 1891 in New York City, Glens Falls.
Died January 22nd, 1952 at 60 years old in Newark.
Jakob Sporrenberg
German general (1902-1952).
Born September 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf.
Died December 6th, 1952 at 50 years old in Warsaw (hanging).
Sawai Gandharva
Indian actor and singer.
Born January 19th, 1886 in Kundgol.
Died September 12th, 1952 at 66 years old
Keisuke Okada
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy (1868-1952).
Born February 14th, 1868 in Fukui.
Died October 17th, 1952 at 84 years old in Tokyo.
Hiranuma Kiichirō
Japanese politician (1867-1952).
Born September 28th, 1867 in Tsuyama.
Died August 22nd, 1952 at 84 years old in Tokyo.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 322
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde