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In the year 1975
560 Notable deaths
Fredric March
American actor.
Born August 31st, 1897 in Racine. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1975 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer). [ref]
Clyde Tolson
Associate director of the fbi.
Born May 22nd, 1900 in Laredo.
Died April 14th, 1975 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Mary Ure
British stage and film actress (1933-1975).
Born February 18th, 1933 in Glasgow.
Died April 3rd, 1975 at 42 years old in London (barbiturate overdose).
Richard Conte
American actor (1910–1975).
Born March 24th, 1910 in Jersey City.
Died April 15th, 1975 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Omm Kalthum
Egyptian singer and actress (1898–1975).
Born December 31st, 1898 in Tamayy Elzahayra.
Died February 3rd, 1975 at 76 years old in Cairo.
Pete Ham
Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Born April 27th, 1947 in Swansea. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1975 at 27 years old in Surrey (hanging). [ref]
Bernard Herrmann
American composer and conductor.
Born June 29th, 1911 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1975 at 64 years old in Arteixo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Al Lettieri
American actor (1928-1975).
Born February 24th, 1928 in New York City.
Died October 18th, 1975 at 47 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet politician (1895-1975).
Born June 11th, 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1975 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Casey Stengel
American baseball player and coach (1890-1975).
Born July 30th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1975 at 85 years old in Glendale (cancer).
Ozzie Nelson
Actor, band leader, television producer and director (1906-1975).
Born March 20th, 1906 in Jersey City.
Died June 3rd, 1975 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer).
Sachin Dev Burman
Indian singer and composer (1906–1975).
Born October 1st, 1906 in Cumilla.
Died October 31st, 1975 at 69 years old in Mumbai.
Anthony McAuliffe
American general (1898-1975).
Born July 2nd, 1898 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 11th, 1975 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C..
James Robertson Justice
British actor.
Born June 15th, 1907 in Lewisham. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1975 at 68 years old in Romsey.
Arnold J. Toynbee
British historian (1889–1975).
Born April 14th, 1889 in London.
Died October 22nd, 1975 at 86 years old in York.
Moms Mabley
American comedian and actress.
Born March 19th, 1894 in Brevard. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1975 at 81 years old in White Plains (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marjorie Main
Us actress (1890–1975).
Born February 24th, 1890 in Acton.
Died April 10th, 1975 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975).
Born September 15th, 1928 in Tampa.
Died August 8th, 1975 at 46 years old in Gary (cerebral hemorrhage).
Harry Jacob Anslinger
1st commissioner of the federal bureau of narcotics (1892-1975).
Born May 20th, 1892 in Altoona.
Died November 14th, 1975 at 83 years old in Hollidaysburg (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Nazi businessman, art dealer (1887-1975).
Born February 11th, 1887 in Munich.
Died November 6th, 1975 at 88 years old in Munich.
Barbara Hepworth
English sculptor (1903–1975).
Born January 10th, 1903 in Wakefield. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1975 at 72 years old in St Ives. [ref]
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher.
Born November 17th, 1895 in Oryol.
Died March 7th, 1975 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Lefty Frizzell
American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975).
Born March 31st, 1928 in Corsicana.
Died July 19th, 1975 at 47 years old in Nashville (stroke).
Ezzard Charles
American boxer (1921–1975).
Born July 7th, 1921 in Lawrenceville.
Died May 28th, 1975 at 53 years old in Chicago (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy