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Maxwell Murray
1885–1948
military personnel
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Venetia Stanley
1887–1948
socialite
Official cause
cancer
James Baskett
1904–1948
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
diabetes
René de Labarrière
1899–1948
military personnel
Official cause
explosive device
Carole Landis
1919–1948
film actor, stage actor, actor
Official cause
drug overdose
Georges Bernanos
1888–1948
writer, novelist, essayist
Official cause
liver cancer
Monteiro Lobato
1882–1948
linguist, journalist, writer
Official cause
lung cancer
Meir Tobianski
1904–1948
military officer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Harry A. Millis
1873–1948
economist, writer
Official cause
stroke
Len Gale
1897–1948
Australian rules football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Cyril Lakin
1893–1948
politician, farmer, journalist
Official cause
traffic collision
Lyubomir Vladikin
1891–1948
writer, jurist
Official cause
stomach cancer
Claude McKay
1889–1948
poet, writer, novelist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
George Jerram
1904–1948
Australian rules football player, police officer
Official cause
falling from height
Ada Mary à Beckett
1872–1948
academic, university teacher, pedagogue
Official cause
cancer
Olga Samaroff
1880–1948
pianist, music educator, music critic
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Basil Takach
1879–1948
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Official cause
cancer
Kathleen Cavendish
1920–1948
socialite, aristocrat, journalist
Official cause
aviation accident
Isidor Achron
1892–1948
pianist, composer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Radola Gajda
1892–1948
politician, military personnel
Official cause
leukemia
Gustave Kemp
1917–1948
association football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Jock Sutherland
1889–1948
American football coach, American football player
Official cause
brain cancer
Madeleine Mouton
1910–1948
Official cause
decapitation by guillotine
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala
1902–1948
politician, university teacher, lawyer
Official cause
gunshot wound