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In the year 1974
575 Notable deaths
Katharine Cornell
American actress, theatre manager and producer (1893-1974).
Born February 16th, 1893 in Berlin.
Died June 9th, 1974 at 81 years old in Tisbury (pneumonia).
Allen Jenkins
Film, stage and television actor (1900–1974).
Born April 9th, 1900 in Staten Island.
Died July 20th, 1974 at 74 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
H. E. Bates
British writer (1905–1974).
Born May 16th, 1905 in Rushden. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1974 at 68 years old in Canterbury. [ref]
Olga Baclanova
Actress (1896-1974).
Born August 19th, 1900 in Moscow. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1974 at 74 years old in Vevey (lung cancer). [ref]
Wayne Morse
American politician (1900-1974).
Born October 20th, 1900 in Madison.
Died July 22nd, 1974 at 73 years old in Portland (kidney failure).
Rodolfo Acosta
Mexican character actor (1920-1974).
Born July 29th, 1920 in Chihuahua City.
Died November 7th, 1974 at 54 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Junio Valerio Borghese
Italian submarine commander (1906-1974).
Died August 26th, 1974 at 68 years old in Cádiz.
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer (1925-1974).
Born May 25th, 1925 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1974 at 49 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Dorothy Fields
American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Allenhurst. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1974 at 68 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Anatole Litvak
Soviet film director (1902-1974).
Died December 15th, 1974 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German general (1886–1974).
Born March 2nd, 1886 in Potsdam.
Died January 27th, 1974 at 87 years old in Icking.
Cyril Connolly
British author (1903–1974).
Born September 10th, 1903 in Coventry.
Died November 26th, 1974 at 71 years old in London.
Zalman Shazar
3rd president of israel (1963–1973).
Born December 22nd, 1889 in Mir. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1974 at 84 years old in Jerusalem.
Ned Maddrell
Manx fisherman (1877-1974).
Born August 20th, 1877 in Cregneash.
Died December 27th, 1974 at 97 years old in Douglas.
Ilona Massey
Hungarian actress (1910-1974).
Born June 16th, 1910 in Budapest.
Died August 20th, 1974 at 64 years old in Bethesda (cancer). [ref]
Bobby Timmons
American pianist (1935-1974).
Born December 19th, 1935 in Philadelphia.
Died March 1st, 1974 at 38 years old in New York City (liver cirrhosis).
Gene Ammons
American tenor saxophonist (1925–1974).
Born April 14th, 1925 in Chicago.
Died August 6th, 1974 at 49 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Jan Tschichold
Graphic designer (1902–1974).
Born April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig.
Died August 11th, 1974 at 72 years old in Locarno.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
Soviet chess player.
Born December 15th, 1912 in Aktobe.
Died June 3rd, 1974 at 61 years old in Kazan.
Edna Best
British actress (1900-1974).
Died September 18th, 1974 at 74 years old in Geneva (disease).
Johanna Langefeld
Nazi concentration camp guard (1900-1974).
Born March 5th, 1900 in Kupferdreh.
Died January 26th, 1974 at 73 years old in Augsburg.
Martha Wentworth
American actress (1889-1974).
Born June 2nd, 1889 in New York City.
Died March 8th, 1974 at 84 years old in Sherman Oaks (disease).
Pink Anderson
American singer-guitarist (1900–1974).
Born February 12th, 1900 in Laurens.
Died October 12th, 1974 at 74 years old in Spartanburg (myocardial infarction).
Georgios Grivas-Digenis
Cypriot general.
Born June 6th, 1897 in Nicosia.
Died January 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Limassol (heart failure).
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black