In the year 1972
557 Notable deaths
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899-1972).
Born June 11th, 1899 in Osaka. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1972 at 72 years old in Zushi. [ref]
Leo G. Carroll
British actor (1886–1972).
Born October 25th, 1886 in Northamptonshire.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 85 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Berry Oakley
American bassist (1948-1972).
Born April 4th, 1948 in Chicago.
Died November 11th, 1972 at 24 years old in Macon (motorcycle accident, traffic collision).
Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.
American politician (1914–1972).
Born February 15th, 1914 in Harrison County.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 58 years old in Alaska (aviation accident).
William Boyd
American actor (1895-1972).
Born June 5th, 1895 in Hendrysburg. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1972 at 77 years old in Laguna Beach (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Brian Donlevy
American actor (1901–1972).
Born February 9th, 1901 in Cleveland.
Died April 6th, 1972 at 71 years old in Woodland Hills (esophageal cancer).
Gil Hodges
United states marine; american hall of fame baseball player (1924–1972).
Born April 4th, 1924 in Indiana.
Died April 2nd, 1972 at 47 years old in West Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).
Ghassan Kanafani
Palestinian writer (1936-1972).
Died July 8th, 1972 at 36 years old in Beirut (car bombing).
Erhard Milch
German officer, nsdap, most recently field marshal in the third reich, war criminal (1892–1972).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Wilhelmshaven.
Died January 25th, 1972 at 79 years old in Wuppertal.
Louis Leakey
British archaeologist and naturalist.
Born August 7th, 1903 in Nairobi. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1972 at 69 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Mahendra of Nepal
King of nepal (1920-1972).
Born June 11th, 1920 in Kathmandu.
Died January 31st, 1972 at 51 years old in Kathmandu (myocardial infarction).
Nigel Green
English actor (1924–1972).
Born October 15th, 1924 in Pretoria.
Died May 15th, 1972 at 47 years old in Brighton (drug overdose).
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-coburgen and gothan and swedish royal.
Born January 18th, 1908 in Friedenstein Castle.
Died November 28th, 1972 at 64 years old in Stockholm (colorectal cancer).
Jamini Roy
Indian artist (1887-1972).
Born April 11th, 1887 in Beliatore.
Died April 24th, 1972 at 85 years old in Kolkata.
Reginald Owen
British actor (1887-1972).
Born August 5th, 1887 in Hertfordshire. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1972 at 85 years old in Boise (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Louella Parsons
American gossip columnist and screenwriter (1881-1972).
Born August 6th, 1881 in Freeport.
Died December 9th, 1972 at 91 years old in Santa Monica (atherosclerosis).
Watchman Nee
Chinese church leader (1903–1972).
Born November 4th, 1903 in Shantou.
Died May 30th, 1972 at 68 years old in Anhui.
Said bin Taimur
Sultan of oman (1910-1972).
Born August 13th, 1910 in Muscat.
Died October 19th, 1972 at 62 years old in London.
James F. Byrnes
American politician.
Born May 2nd, 1882 in Charleston. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1972 at 89 years old in Columbia.
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
German politician and ss functionary (1899–1972).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Germany, Lębork.
Died March 8th, 1972 at 73 years old in Munich.
S. R. Ranganathan
Indian mathematician and librarian.
Born August 9th, 1892 in Sirkazhi. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1972 at 80 years old in Bengaluru. [ref]
Joseph Cornell
American artist (1903-1972).
Born December 24th, 1903 in Nyack.
Died December 29th, 1972 at 69 years old in New York City.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-american rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972).
Born January 11th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died December 23rd, 1972 at 65 years old in New York City.
Clyde McPhatter
American singer (1932–1972).
Born November 15th, 1931 in Durham.
Died June 13th, 1972 at 40 years old in The Bronx (liver disease).
Paul Ricca
American mob boss (1897–1972).
Born November 14th, 1897 in Naples.
Died October 11th, 1972 at 74 years old in St. Luke's Hospital (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 557
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson