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In the year 1975
617 Notable deaths
Roque Dalton Garcia
Salvadoran journalist and poet (1935-1975).
Born May 14th, 1935 in San Salvador.
Died May 10th, 1975 at 39 years old in Quezaltepeque.
Conrad Hal Waddington
British biologist (1905–1975).
Born November 8th, 1905 in Evesham.
Died September 26th, 1975 at 69 years old in Edinburgh.
August Dvorak
American scientist (1894–1975).
Born May 5th, 1894 in Glencoe.
Died October 10th, 1975 at 81 years old in Seattle.
Plínio Salgado
Brazilian politician (1895-1975).
Born January 22nd, 1895 in São Bento do Sapucaí.
Died December 8th, 1975 at 80 years old in São Paulo.
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Sendai.
Died December 15th, 1975 at 86 years old in Yokosuka.
Noble Sissle
African-american jazz musician (1889–1975).
Born July 10th, 1889 in Indianapolis.
Died December 17th, 1975 at 86 years old in Tampa (disease).
Bui Tuong Phong
Computer graphics researcher and pioneer (1942-1975).
Born December 14th, 1942 in Hanoi.
Died July 29th, 1975 at 32 years old in California (leukemia).
Bill Walsh
American producer (1913-1975).
Born September 30th, 1913 in New York City.
Died January 27th, 1975 at 61 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Jack Molinas
American basketball player.
Born October 31st, 1931 in New York City.
Died August 3rd, 1975 at 43 years old in Hollywood.
Richard Tucker
American opera singer (1913-1975).
Born August 28th, 1913 in Brooklyn.
Died January 8th, 1975 at 61 years old in Kalamazoo (myocardial infarction).
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Indian historian (1892–1975).
Born August 12th, 1892 in Kallidaikurichi.
Died June 15th, 1975 at 82 years old in Chennai.
Daisuke Katō
Japanese actor (1911–1975).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Asakusa-ku.
Died July 31st, 1975 at 64 years old in Takasaki (colon cancer).
Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli
Brazilian politician (1910-1975).
Born April 27th, 1910 in Caconde.
Died April 21st, 1975 at 64 years old in Caconde (surgical complications).
Leslie White
American anthropologist (1900–1975).
Born January 19th, 1900 in Salida.
Died March 31st, 1975 at 75 years old in Lone Pine.
William Austin
British character actor (1884-1975).
Born June 12th, 1884 in Georgetown.
Died June 15th, 1975 at 91 years old in Newport Beach (stroke).
Frank Puglia
Italian actor (1892–1975).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Linguaglossa.
Died October 25th, 1975 at 83 years old in South Pasadena.
Marguerite Perey
French physicist (1909–1975).
Born October 19th, 1909 in Chicago.
Died May 13th, 1975 at 65 years old in Louveciennes (bone cancer).
Alice Catherine Evans
American microbiologist.
Born January 29th, 1881 in Neath.
Died September 5th, 1975 at 94 years old in Alexandria (stroke).
Anne Spencer
American poet (1882–1975).
Born February 6th, 1882 in Henry County.
Died July 27th, 1975 at 93 years old in Lynchburg. [ref]
Wilhelm Koppe
Ss and police leader (nazi germany); german general (1896-1975).
Born June 15th, 1896 in Hildesheim.
Died July 2nd, 1975 at 79 years old in Bonn.
Alvin Hansen
American economist (1887–1975).
Born August 23rd, 1887 in Viborg.
Died June 6th, 1975 at 87 years old in Alexandria.
Margherita Cagol
Red brigade leader (1945-1975).
Born April 8th, 1945 in Sardagna.
Died June 5th, 1975 at 30 years old in Melazzo (gunshot wound).
Debi Prasad Roy Choudhury
Indian sculptor and painter (1899-1975).
Born June 15th, 1899 in Rangpur.
Died October 15th, 1975 at 76 years old
Lancelot Hogben
British zoologist, statistician, science writer (1895–1975).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Portsmouth.
Died August 22nd, 1975 at 79 years old in Wrexham.
Franz Hofer
Austrian politician (1902-1975).
Born December 13th, 1902 in Bad Hofgastein. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1975 at 72 years old in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 617
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci