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In the year 1971
566 Notable deaths
Leda Rafanelli
Italian publisher and poet (1880–1971).
Born July 4th, 1880 in Pistoia.
Died September 13th, 1971 at 91 years old in Genoa.
Walter Bryan Emery
British egyptologist (1903–1971).
Born July 2nd, 1903 in Liverpool.
Died March 11th, 1971 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Edgar Wind
German-born british interdisciplinary art historian.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died September 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa
Princess of savoy-genoa.
Born August 1st, 1896 in Agliè.
Died February 3rd, 1971 at 74 years old in Rome.
Isaac-Meir Levin
Israeli politician & polish rabbi (1893-1971).
Born January 30th, 1893 in Góra Kalwaria. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1971 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.
Lucien Hubbard
American screenwriter (1888–1971).
Born December 22nd, 1888 in Fort Thomas.
Died December 31st, 1971 at 83 years old in Beverly Hills.
Michael Browne
Catholic cardinal (1887–1971).
Born May 6th, 1887 in Ireland.
Died March 31st, 1971 at 83 years old in Rome.
Joe Smith
English footballer and manager (1889–1971).
Born June 25th, 1889 in Dudley.
Died August 11th, 1971 at 82 years old in Blackpool.
Robert Thurston Dart
British musicologist (1921–1971).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Surbiton.
Died March 6th, 1971 at 49 years old in London.
Dezső Szentgyörgyi
Hungarian flying ace (1915–1971).
Born January 16th, 1915 in Kőkút.
Died August 28th, 1971 at 56 years old in Copenhagen.
Leah Baird
American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971).
Born June 20th, 1883 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 88 years old in Hollywood (disease). [ref]
Tullio Carminati
Italian actor (1894-1971).
Born September 21st, 1894 in Zadar.
Died February 26th, 1971 at 76 years old in Rome (stroke).
Isaac Tabenkin
Israeli politician (1888–1971).
Born January 8th, 1888 in Babruysk. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1971 at 83 years old in Ein Harod Meuhad.
Falih Rıfkı Atay
Turkish journalist and writer (1894–1971).
Born January 25th, 1894 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1971 at 77 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction).
Hyakken Uchida
Japanese writer (1889-1971).
Born May 29th, 1889 in Okayama.
Died April 20th, 1971 at 81 years old in Tokyo.
Hubert von Meyerinck
German actor (1896–1971).
Born August 23rd, 1896 in Potsdam.
Died May 13th, 1971 at 74 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).
Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971).
Born March 25th, 1912 in Sète. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1971 at 59 years old in Sète. [ref]
Mary Kendall Browne
American tennis player (1891-1971).
Born June 3rd, 1891 in Santa Monica.
Died August 19th, 1971 at 80 years old in Laguna Hills.
Juhan Smuul
Estonian writer (1922–1971).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Koguva. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1971 at 49 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Hanna Neumann
German australian mathematician (1914–1971).
Born February 12th, 1914 in Berlin.
Died November 14th, 1971 at 57 years old in Ottawa.
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi
Nigerian physician (1910-1971).
Born November 11th, 1910 in Lagos. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1971 at 60 years old [ref]
Wolfgang Krull
German mathematician (1899–1971).
Born August 26th, 1899 in Baden-Baden.
Died April 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in Bonn.
Dot Farley
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971).
Born February 6th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died May 2nd, 1971 at 90 years old in South Pasadena.
Mohammad Moin
Iranian academic (1914–1971).
Born April 30th, 1918 in Rasht.
Died July 4th, 1971 at 53 years old in Tehran.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel