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In the year 1974
575 Notable deaths
Oskar Schindler
German industrialist and holocaust rescuer.
Born April 28th, 1908 in Svitavy. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1974 at 66 years old in Hildesheim (liver failure). [ref]
Cass Elliot
American singer (1941–1974).
Born September 19th, 1941 in Baltimore.
Died July 29th, 1974 at 32 years old in Mayfair (myocardial infarction).
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974).
Born February 4th, 1902 in Detroit. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1974 at 72 years old in Kīpahulu (Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Nick Drake
British singer-songwriter.
Born June 19th, 1948 in Yangon. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1974 at 26 years old in Tanworth-in-Arden (drug overdose). [ref]
Christine Chubbuck
American television news reporter.
Born August 24th, 1944 in Hudson.
Died July 15th, 1974 at 29 years old in Sarasota (shot to the head).
Lewis Strauss
American banker and chairman of the u.s. atomic energy commission (1896-1974).
Born January 31st, 1896 in Charleston.
Died January 21st, 1974 at 77 years old in New Jersey.
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the soviet union (1896-1974).
Born December 2nd, 1896 in Strelkovka.
Died June 18th, 1974 at 77 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader (1899-1974).
Born April 29th, 1899 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1974 at 75 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
British soldier (1900–1974), governor-general of australia from 1945 to 1947.
Born March 31st, 1900 in York Cottage.
Died June 10th, 1974 at 74 years old in Barnwell Manor.
Juan Perón
President of argentina (1946–55, 1973–74).
Born October 8th, 1895 in Lobos. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1974 at 78 years old in Quinta presidencial de Olivos (ventricular fibrillation). [ref]
Agnes Moorehead
American actress (1900–1974).
Born December 6th, 1900 in Clinton.
Died April 30th, 1974 at 73 years old in Rochester (uterine cancer).
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894-1974).
Born July 25th, 1894 in Lynn. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 80 years old in Oxnard (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Pamela Courson
American artist and common-law wife of jim morrison.
Born December 22nd, 1946 in Weed.
Died April 25th, 1974 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
James J. Braddock
American boxer (1905-1974).
Born June 7th, 1905 in Hell's Kitchen.
Died November 29th, 1974 at 69 years old in North Bergen.
Jack Benny
American comedic entertainer (1894–1974).
Born February 14th, 1894 in Chicago.
Died December 26th, 1974 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Earl Warren
Chief justice of the supreme court of the united states from 1953 to 1969 (1891–1974).
Born March 19th, 1891 in Los Angeles.
Died July 9th, 1974 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Soviet sniper.
Born July 12th, 1916 in Bila Tserkva.
Died October 27th, 1974 at 58 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Ed Sullivan
American television host (1901-1974).
Born September 28th, 1901 in Harlem.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 73 years old in Manhattan (esophageal cancer).
Satyendra Nath Bose
Indian bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974).
Born January 1st, 1894 in Kolkata.
Died February 4th, 1974 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
Harpo Marx
American comedian.
Born November 23rd, 1888 in New York City.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Tim Horton
Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (1930–1974).
Born January 12th, 1930 in Cochrane.
Died February 21st, 1974 at 44 years old in St. Catharines (traffic collision).
Julius Evola
Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974).
Born May 19th, 1898 in Rome. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1974 at 76 years old in Rome. [ref]
Frank Sutton
American actor (1923-1974).
Born October 23rd, 1923 in Clarksville.
Died June 28th, 1974 at 50 years old in Shreveport (myocardial infarction).
Richard Long
American actor (1927-1974).
Born December 17th, 1927 in Chicago.
Died December 21st, 1974 at 47 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974).
Born March 11th, 1890 in Everett. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1974 at 84 years old in Belmont (pneumonia). [ref]
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