In the year 1952
363 Notable deaths
Gregory La Cava
American film director (1892-1952).
Born March 10th, 1892 in Towanda.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 59 years old in Malibu (myocardial infarction).
Albert Bassermann
German actor (1867-1952).
Born September 7th, 1867 in Mannheim.
Died May 15th, 1952 at 84 years old in Zürich (myocardial infarction).
Georgy Shpagin
Soviet weapons designer (1897-1952).
Born April 29th, 1897 in Klyushnikovo.
Died February 6th, 1952 at 54 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Russian romantic composer and pianist (1877–1952).
Born February 28th, 1877 in Kharkiv.
Died October 25th, 1952 at 75 years old in Vienna.
Ralph Byrd
Actor (1909-1952).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Dayton.
Died August 18th, 1952 at 43 years old in Tarzana (myocardial infarction).
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.
Hans Kramers
Dutch physicist (1894–1952).
Born February 2nd, 1894 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1952 at 58 years old in Oegstgeest.
Alice Austen
American photographer (1866–1952).
Born March 17th, 1866 in Rosebank.
Died June 9th, 1952 at 86 years old in Staten Island.
Jakob Rosenfeld
Austrian physician (1903-1952).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Lviv.
Died April 22nd, 1952 at 49 years old in Tel Aviv.
Yitzhak Sadeh
Israeli general.
Born August 10th, 1890 in Lublin.
Died August 21st, 1952 at 62 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 363
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler