06 Jan 1949
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death
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Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883) |
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09 Jan 1949
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death
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Amilcare Zanella: Composer, dies at 75
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10 Jan 1949
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death
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Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865) |
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14 Jan 1949
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death
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Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer and academic (b. 1882) |
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14 Jan 1949
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death
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Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892) |
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14 Jan 1949
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death
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Joaqu
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15 Jan 1949
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death
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Pompeo Aloisi Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63
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15 Jan 1949
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death
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Black Dahlia murder victim found in Los Angeles (basis of the movie)
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20 Jan 1949
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death
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Josephus T J Cuypers architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
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22 Jan 1949
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death
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William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891) |
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25 Jan 1949
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death
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Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician; 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861) |
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25 Jan 1949
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death
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Emil Axman composer, dies at 61
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26 Jan 1949
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death
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Victor Fleming director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
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27 Jan 1949
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death
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Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64
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28 Jan 1949
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death
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Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908) |
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28 Jan 1949
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death
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Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer, dies at 62
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31 Jan 1949
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death
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Henri de Vries [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84
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01 Feb 1949
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death
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Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885) |
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01 Feb 1949
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death
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Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880) |
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05 Feb 1949
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death
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa: Composer, dies at 50
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08 Feb 1949
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death
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Franco Leoni: Composer, dies at 81
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08 Feb 1949
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death
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Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin: Composer, dies at 54
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09 Feb 1949
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death
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Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck: Composer, dies at 60
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12 Feb 1949
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death
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Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906) |
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14 Feb 1949
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death
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Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901) |
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18 Feb 1949
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death
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Niceto A Zamora y Torres premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
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19 Feb 1949
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death
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Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx composer, dies at 83
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21 Feb 1949
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death
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Tan Malaka, Indonesian educator and activist (b. 1894) |
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21 Feb 1949
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death
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Ernest Walker composer, dies at 78
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22 Feb 1949
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death
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Russell Porter actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
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28 Feb 1949
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death
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Stanley Robert Marchant composer, dies at 65
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02 Mar 1949
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death
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Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879) |
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04 Mar 1949
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death
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Clarence Kingsbury English cyclist (b. 1882) |
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07 Mar 1949
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death
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Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884) |
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07 Mar 1949
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death
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Francis Dodd, Welsh soldier and painter (b. 1874) |
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10 Mar 1949
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death
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James Rector, American runner and lawyer (b. 1884) |
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11 Mar 1949
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death
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Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879) |
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11 Mar 1949
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death
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Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862) |
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11 Mar 1949
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death
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Henri-Honor
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11 Mar 1949
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death
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Juan Lamonte de Grignon composer, dies at 76
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12 Mar 1949
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death
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Maria "Beppie" Bakker: Dutch actress / Wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
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12 Mar 1949
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death
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Maria "Beppie" Bakker Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
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14 Mar 1949
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death
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John Callan O'Laughlin, American journalist and politician, 17th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1873) |
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17 Mar 1949
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death
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Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882) |
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17 Mar 1949
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death
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Felix Bressart actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
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19 Mar 1949
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death
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James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882) |
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25 Mar 1949
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death
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Hanns A Rauter German SS-commandant in Netherlands, executed at 54
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27 Mar 1949
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death
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Gregory Mathews, Australian-English ornithologist and author (b. 1876) |
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28 Mar 1949
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death
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Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889) |
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28 Mar 1949
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death
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Grigoras Dinicu composer, dies at 59
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30 Mar 1949
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death
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Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909) |
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30 Mar 1949
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death
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Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) |
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30 Mar 1949
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death
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Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
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30 Mar 1949
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death
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Friedrich C R Bergius chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
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03 Apr 1949
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death
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Basil Harwood: Composer, dies at 89
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07 Apr 1949
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death
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John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872) |
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13 Apr 1949
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death
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C V France dies at 80
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14 Apr 1949
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death
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Joseph A Cushman US paleontologist, dies at 68
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15 Apr 1949
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death
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Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
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16 Apr 1949
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death
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Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka Indon communist, executed at 54
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18 Apr 1949
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death
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Leonard Bloomfield linguist/philosopher, dies
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19 Apr 1949
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death
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Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877) |
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22 Apr 1949
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death
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Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874) |
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28 Apr 1949
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death
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Aurora Quezon, Filipino wife of Manuel Quezon, 2nd First Lady of the Philippines (b. 1888) |
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03 May 1949
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death
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Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888) |
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05 May 1949
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death
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Maurice Maeterlinck: Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911)
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06 May 1949
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death
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P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck: Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
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06 May 1949
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death
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Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) |
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09 May 1949
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death
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Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870) |
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11 May 1949
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death
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Adrianus PHA de Kleyn: Throat / nose / otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
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11 May 1949
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death
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Adrianus de Kleyn throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
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16 May 1949
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death
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William Newzam Prior Nicholson painter/engraver, dies
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18 May 1949
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death
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James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
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20 May 1949
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death
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Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891) |
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21 May 1949
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death
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Klaus Mann, German-American soldier and author (b. 1906) |
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22 May 1949
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death
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Hans Erich Pfitzner Russian/German composer, dies at 80
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22 May 1949
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death
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Klaus H T Mann German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
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23 May 1949
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death
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Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872) |
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24 May 1949
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death
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Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873) |
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25 May 1949
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death
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Simon H Spoor intelligence officer/general (WWII), dies at 47
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27 May 1949
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death
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Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890) |
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27 May 1949
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death
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Ropert L Ripley cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in New York
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30 May 1949
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death
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Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874) |
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02 Jun 1949
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death
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Dynam-Victor Fumet: Composer, dies at 82
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02 Jun 1949
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death
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Ernest Ford: Composer, dies at 91
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03 Jun 1949
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death
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Amedos Peter Giannine: Founder of Bank of America dies at 79
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10 Jun 1949
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death
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Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882) |
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11 Jun 1949
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death
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Koci Xoxe: Albanian Vice Premier, executed
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11 Jun 1949
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death
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Oton Zupanic: Slavs Poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
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19 Jun 1949
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death
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Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885) |
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25 Jun 1949
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death
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Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871) |
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25 Jun 1949
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death
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James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876) |
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26 Jun 1949
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death
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Kim Gu, Korean politician and educator, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876) |
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27 Jun 1949
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death
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Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900) |
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29 Jun 1949
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death
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Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860) |
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30 Jun 1949
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death
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Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868) |
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02 Jul 1949
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death
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Georgi Dimitrov: Bulgaria Premier (1946-49), dies at 67
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04 Jul 1949
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death
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François Brandt, Dutch rower (b. 1874) |
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07 Jul 1949
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death
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Bunk Johnson, American trumpet player (b. 1879) |
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08 Jul 1949
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death
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Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli: Composer, dies at 66
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09 Jul 1949
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death
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Fritz Bennicke Hart: Composer, dies at 75
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09 Jul 1949
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death
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Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874) |
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12 Jul 1949
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death
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Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860) |
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13 Jul 1949
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death
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Walt Kuhn, American painter (b. 1877) |
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16 Jul 1949
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death
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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866) |
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18 Jul 1949
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death
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Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870) |
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03 Aug 1949
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death
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Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869) |
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09 Aug 1949
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death
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Harry Davenport: Actor (Cowboy & Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83
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09 Aug 1949
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death
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Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874) |
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11 Aug 1949
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death
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Karl Weigl: Composer, dies at 68
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14 Aug 1949
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death
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Husni al-Barazi: Premier of Syria, shot to death
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14 Aug 1949
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death
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Husni el-Zaim: President / Dictator of Syria, shot to death
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16 Aug 1949
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death
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Margaret Mitchell, American author (b. 1900) |
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17 Aug 1949
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death
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Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist and politician (b. 1891) |
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18 Aug 1949
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death
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Paul J Mares: US jazz trumpetist / Composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
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21 Aug 1949
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death
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Gerhard von Keussler: Composer, dies at 75
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26 Aug 1949
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death
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Nico van Suchtelen: Publisher, dies at 70
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27 Aug 1949
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death
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Arthur Chesney: Actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
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30 Aug 1949
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death
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Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877) |
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31 Aug 1949
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death
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Paul Hoffer: Composer, dies at 53
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04 Sep 1949
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death
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Olof Ås, Swedish actor and production manager (b. 1892) |
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06 Sep 1949
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death
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Walter Widdop, English tenor (b. 1892) |
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07 Sep 1949
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death
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José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883) |
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08 Sep 1949
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death
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Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864) |
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11 Sep 1949
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death
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Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873) |
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13 Sep 1949
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death
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August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) |
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14 Sep 1949
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death
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Romuald Joubé, French actor (b. 1876) |
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18 Sep 1949
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death
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Frank Morgan, American actor and singer (b. 1890) |
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19 Sep 1949
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death
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Will Cuppy, American author and critic (b. 1884) |
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19 Sep 1949
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death
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George Shiels, Irish playwright (b. 1886) |
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19 Sep 1949
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death
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Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901) |
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20 Sep 1949
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death
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Nikolaos Skalkottas: Composer, dies at 45
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20 Sep 1949
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death
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Richard Dix: Actor (Tombstone, Ghost Ship, 13th Hour), dies at 56
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22 Sep 1949
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death
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Sam Wood: US communist fighter / director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
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24 Sep 1949
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death
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Pierre Breville: Composer, dies at 88
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28 Sep 1949
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death
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Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881) |
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04 Oct 1949
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death
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Edmund Eysler: Austrian composer, dies at 75
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06 Oct 1949
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death
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Robert Lynd [YY]: Irish writer / critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
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09 Oct 1949
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death
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Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky: Composer, dies at 70
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16 Oct 1949
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death
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Hale Ascher VanderCook: Composer, dies at 85
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24 Oct 1949
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death
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Joaquin Nin y Castellanos: Composer, dies at 70
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25 Oct 1949
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death
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Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867) |
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26 Oct 1949
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death
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Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872) |
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27 Oct 1949
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death
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Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916) |
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29 Oct 1949
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death
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George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872) |
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31 Oct 1949
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death
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Edward R Stettinius: US Foreign Minister (1944-45) / diplomat
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02 Nov 1949
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death
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Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872) |
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03 Nov 1949
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death
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Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861) |
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12 Nov 1949
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death
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Hendrik A de Fish [Henri Pauwels]: Flemish philological, dies at 64
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19 Nov 1949
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death
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James Ensor: Flemish Painter / etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
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23 Nov 1949
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death
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Gustav Radbruch: German Minister of Justice
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25 Nov 1949
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death
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Luther "Bill" Robinson: "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71
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25 Nov 1949
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death
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Luther "Bill" Robinson famed tap dancer, dies at 71
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03 Dec 1949
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death
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Elin Pelin: Writer
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03 Dec 1949
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death
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Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876) |
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06 Dec 1949
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death
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Leadbelly [Huddie William Ledbetter]: Blues singer, dies at 64
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06 Dec 1949
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death
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Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888) |
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07 Dec 1949
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death
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Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877) |
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16 Dec 1949
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death
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Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873) |
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16 Dec 1949
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death
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Traitsjo Kostov Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
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17 Dec 1949
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death
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David Stanley Smith composer, dies at 72
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25 Dec 1949
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death
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Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884) |
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28 Dec 1949
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death
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Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910) |
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28 Dec 1949
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death
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W Hervey Allen US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60
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29 Dec 1949
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death
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Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883) |
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