In the year 1972
557 Notable deaths
Max Shachtman
American marxist theorist (1904–1972).
Born September 10th, 1904 in Warsaw.
Died November 4th, 1972 at 68 years old in Floral Park.
Mohamed Oufkir
Moroccan politician and officer (1920-1972).
Born May 14th, 1920 in Bouarfa.
Died August 16th, 1972 at 52 years old in Rabat.
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Oklahoma City.
Died June 8th, 1972 at 70 years old in New York City (leukemia). [ref]
I. Athenagoras
Ecumenical patriarch of constantinople (1886–1972).
Born April 6th, 1886 in Vasiliko.
Died July 7th, 1972 at 86 years old in Istanbul.
Violette Leduc
French writer (1907–1972).
Born April 8th, 1907 in Arras. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1972 at 65 years old in Faucon (breast cancer).
Henry de Montherlant
French writer (1895–1972).
Born April 20th, 1895 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 21st, 1972 at 77 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (cyanide poisoning).
Hugo Steinhaus
Polish mathematician (1887–1972).
Born January 14th, 1887 in Jasło.
Died February 25th, 1972 at 85 years old in Wrocław.
Josep Samitier
Spanish football player and manager (1902–1972).
Born February 2nd, 1902 in Barcelona.
Died May 5th, 1972 at 70 years old in Barcelona.
Mahir Çayan
Turkish marxist–leninist revolutionary (1945-1972).
Born March 15th, 1945 in Samsun.
Died March 30th, 1972 at 27 years old in Tokat Province.
Havergal Brian
British composer (1876–1972).
Born January 29th, 1876 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Died November 28th, 1972 at 96 years old in Shoreham-by-Sea.
Frans Masereel
Flemish artist (1889-1972).
Born July 30th, 1889 in Blankenberge. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1972 at 82 years old in Avignon. [ref]
Liang Sicheng
Chinese architect and scholar (1901-1972).
Born April 20th, 1901 in Tokyo.
Died January 9th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing Hospital.
Romas Kalanta
Soviet dissident (1953–1972).
Born February 22nd, 1953 in Alytus.
Died May 15th, 1972 at 19 years old in Kaunas (self-immolation).
Mark Slavin
Israeli wrestler and munich massacre victim (1954–1972).
Born January 31st, 1954 in Minsk.
Died September 6th, 1972 at 18 years old in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Neil H. McElroy
American businessman (1904-1972).
Born October 30th, 1904 in Berea.
Died November 30th, 1972 at 68 years old in Cincinnati (cancer).
Allen J. Ellender
American politician (1890–1972).
Born September 24th, 1890 in Montegut.
Died July 27th, 1972 at 81 years old in Bethesda.
Margaret Bonds
American composer and pianist (1913–1917).
Born March 3rd, 1913 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1972 at 59 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972).
Born April 23rd, 1908 in Vyritsa. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1972 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Turk Broda
Ice hockey player (1914-1972).
Born May 15th, 1914 in Brandon.
Died October 17th, 1972 at 58 years old in Toronto.
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Ugandan prime minister (1922-1972).
Born May 8th, 1922 in Bukomansimbi District.
Died September 22nd, 1972 at 50 years old in Makindye Prison (immolation, extra-judicial killing).
Clarence R. Huebner
United states army general (1888-1972).
Born November 24th, 1888 in Bushton.
Died September 23rd, 1972 at 83 years old in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Ernst von Salomon
German writer and right-wing freikorps member.
Born September 25th, 1902 in Kiel.
Died August 9th, 1972 at 69 years old in Stöckte (myocardial infarction).
Chen Yi
Chinese general, people's republic of china (1901-1972).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Lezhi County.
Died January 6th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Padraic Colum
Irish writer (1881-1972).
Born December 8th, 1881 in County Longford.
Died January 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in Hartford County (disease).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 557
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche