Famous People Who Died in December 1949

Dec 3 Elin Pelin, Bulgarian writer (The Gerak Family; Earth), dies at 72
Dec 3 Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian stage and film actress (The Wolf Man; King's Row), and teacher (School of Dramatic Art - New York), dies following a house fire at 73

Dec 6 Lead Belly [Huddie William Ledbetter], American blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 64

Dec 10 Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak (1949), dies at 45 after being fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by pro-Indonesian Malay student Rosli Dhoby
Dec 16 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed by the state at 52
Dec 16 Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (Ben Hur), dies at 76
Dec 17 David Stanley Smith, American composer (Merrymount), dies at 72
Dec 28 Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m 1936), dies in rail accident at 39
Dec 28 Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60
Dec 28 Ivie Anderson, American swing jazz singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1931-42), dies of complications from chronic asthma at 45 [1]