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In the year 1974
628 Notable deaths
Josef Krips
Austrian musician (1902-1974).
Born April 8th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 72 years old in Geneva.
Charles Coulson
British applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author (1910–1974).
Born December 13th, 1910 in Dudley.
Died January 7th, 1974 at 63 years old in Oxford.
Werner Lorenz
German general (1891-1974).
Born October 2nd, 1891 in Wykroty, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1974 at 82 years old in Hamburg.
Lev Knipper
Russian composer and secret police agent (1898–1974).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Tbilisi.
Died July 30th, 1974 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Helmuth Koinigg
Austrian formula one driver (1948–1974).
Born November 3rd, 1948 in Vienna.
Died October 6th, 1974 at 25 years old in Watkins Glen International (decapitation).
Sonia Gaskell
Dutch dancer (1904–1974).
Born April 14th, 1904 in Vilkaviškis. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1974 at 70 years old in Bourg-la-Reine. [ref]
Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna.
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford.
Allal al-Fassi
Moroccan politician and writer (1910-1974).
Born January 10th, 1910 in Fez.
Died May 13th, 1974 at 64 years old in Bucharest (cardiovascular disease).
Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.
American pharmacologist (1915–1974).
Born November 19th, 1915 in Burlingame.
Died March 9th, 1974 at 58 years old in Miami.
Arnold Fanck
German film director (1889-1974).
Born March 6th, 1889 in Frankenthal.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 85 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Richard Huelsenbeck
German poet, dadaist and psychoanalyst (1892-1974).
Born April 23rd, 1892 in Frankenau.
Died April 30th, 1974 at 82 years old in Minusio.
Maximilian de Angelis
German general (1889–1974).
Born October 2nd, 1889 in Budapest.
Died December 6th, 1974 at 85 years old in Graz. [ref]
Emanuel Schäfer
Ss officer (1900–1974).
Born April 20th, 1905 in Hlučín.
Died December 4th, 1974 at 69 years old in Cologne.
Raymond Brownell
Senior royal australian air force officer, first world war flying ace (1894–1974).
Born May 17th, 1894 in New Town.
Died April 12th, 1974 at 79 years old in Subiaco.
Winfried Otto Schumann
German geophysicist (1888-1974).
Born May 20th, 1888 in Tübingen.
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 86 years old in Munich.
Hal Mohr
American cinematographer (1894–1974).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died May 10th, 1974 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Clyde Cowan
Co-discoverer of the neutrino.
Born December 6th, 1919 in Detroit.
Died May 24th, 1974 at 54 years old in Bethesda.
Lev Oborin
Soviet musician (1907-1974).
Born September 11th, 1907 in Moscow.
Died January 5th, 1974 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Neva Gerber
Actress (1894–1974).
Born April 3rd, 1894 in Argenta.
Died January 2nd, 1974 at 79 years old in Palm Springs (cardiovascular disease).
Fritz Szepan
German footballer (1907-1974).
Born September 2nd, 1907 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died December 14th, 1974 at 67 years old in Gelsenkirchen.
Marcel Achard
French writer (1899-1974).
Born July 5th, 1899 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1974 at 75 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (diabetes). [ref]
Walther Meissner
German physicist (1882–1974).
Born December 16th, 1882 in Berlin.
Died November 16th, 1974 at 91 years old in Munich.
Buddhadeb Bose
Indian writer (1908–1974).
Born November 30th, 1908 in Cumilla District.
Died March 18th, 1974 at 65 years old in Kolkata.
Mason Remey
American hand of the cause (1874–1974).
Born May 15th, 1874 in Burlington.
Died February 4th, 1974 at 99 years old
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling