Famous Deaths In 1949

Jul 14 In the year 1949 frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies  

Jul 16 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866) died in the year 1949.  

Jul 18 In the year 1949 death of vítÄ›zslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870)  

Aug 09 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy & Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 in the year 1949.  

Aug 11 On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68  

Aug 14 On this day in history death of husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death  

Aug 16 Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Aug 17 On this day in history death of gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (b. 1891)  

Aug 18 Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Aug 21 In the year 1949 gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75  

Aug 26 Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Aug 27 Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Aug 30 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies in the year 1949.  

Aug 31 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies in the year 1949.  

Sep 07 José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883) died in the year 1949.  

Sep 08 On this day in history richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85  

Sep 11 Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Sep 13 In the year 1949 death of august Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)  

Sep 18 On this day in history frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59  

Sep 19 Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884) died on this day in history.  

Sep 20 On this day in history nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45  

Sep 22 On this day in history sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66  

Sep 24 On this day in history pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88  

Oct 04 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

Oct 06 In the year 1949 robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70  

Oct 09 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Oct 24 On this day in history joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70  

Oct 27 Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (b. 1916) died on this day in history.  

Oct 29 G. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872) died in the year 1949.  

Oct 31 Edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies in the year 1949.  

Nov 01 Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 02 On this day in history death of jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872)  

Nov 03 On this day in history solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88  

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Jan 02 In the year 1949 birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)  

Jan 02 In the year 1949 birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  

Jan 05 George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 06 Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer  

Jan 07 John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born in the year 1949.