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In the year 1972
557 Notable deaths
Ivan Yumashev
Soviet defence minister (1895-1972).
Born October 9th, 1895 in Tbilisi.
Died September 2nd, 1972 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Vera Karalli
Russian ballet dancer and actor (1889-1972).
Born August 8th, 1889 in Moscow.
Died November 16th, 1972 at 83 years old in Baden bei Wien.
Kurt Hiller
German activist (1885-1972).
Born August 17th, 1885 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1972 at 87 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
German princess.
Born May 11th, 1894 in Gut Grünholz.
Died January 28th, 1972 at 77 years old in Salzburg (disease).
Itō Shinsui
Japanese artist (1898-1972).
Born February 4th, 1898 in Tokyo.
Died May 8th, 1972 at 74 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov
Soviet military commander (1903-1972).
Born April 29th, 1903 in Vishnevoe.
Died February 9th, 1972 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Sándor Radó
Hungarain physician & psychoanalyst (1890–1972).
Born January 8th, 1890 in Kisvárda.
Died May 14th, 1972 at 82 years old in New York City.
Eugène Minkowski
French psychiatrist (1885–1972).
Born April 17th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Moshe Sneh
Israeli politician (1909-1972).
Born January 6th, 1909 in Radzyń Podlaski. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1972 at 63 years old in Israel, Jerusalem.
Robert MacArthur
American ecologist (1930–1972).
Born April 7th, 1930 in Toronto.
Died November 1st, 1972 at 42 years old in Princeton (kidney disease).
Ángel Romano
Uruguayan footballer (1894-1972).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in Montevideo.
Died August 22nd, 1972 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Robert Le Vigan
French actor (1900-1972).
Born January 7th, 1900 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1972 at 72 years old in Tandil.
Donald MacDonald
American actor and director of the silent film era (1886-1972).
Born February 8th, 1886 in California.
Died August 6th, 1972 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Gavin de Beer
British evolutionary embryologist (1899-1972).
Born November 1st, 1899 in United Kingdom.
Died June 21st, 1972 at 72 years old in Alfriston.
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Icelandic painter (1885-1972).
Born October 15th, 1885 in Iceland.
Died April 13th, 1972 at 86 years old in Reykjavík.
Milton L. Humason
American astronomer.
Born August 19th, 1891 in Dodge Center.
Died June 18th, 1972 at 80 years old in Mendocino.
Viktor Barna
Hungarian and british champion table tennis player (1911-1972).
Born August 24th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died February 28th, 1972 at 60 years old in Lima.
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
Grand duchess of saxony.
Born May 29th, 1890 in Hanover.
Died March 12th, 1972 at 81 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Gavriil Popov
Russian soviet composer (1904–1972).
Born September 12th, 1904 in Novocherkassk.
Died February 17th, 1972 at 67 years old in Repino.
Aksel Larsen
Danish politician.
Born August 5th, 1897 in Brændekilde.
Died January 10th, 1972 at 74 years old in Frederiksberg.
C. W. Ceram
German journalist (1915–1972).
Born January 20th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died April 12th, 1972 at 57 years old in Hamburg.
Johnny Mantz
Racecar driver.
Born September 18th, 1918 in Hebron.
Died October 25th, 1972 at 54 years old in Ojai (traffic collision).
Sidney Lanfield
American film director (1898-1972).
Born April 20th, 1898 in Chicago.
Died June 20th, 1972 at 74 years old in Marina del Rey (myocardial infarction).
Nicolas Rashevsky
American scientist (1899–1972).
Born November 9th, 1899 in Chernihiv.
Died January 16th, 1972 at 72 years old in Holland.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 557
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht