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Dead at age 70

1,402 Notable deaths

James Neill

Actor (1860-1931).

Born September 29th, 1860 in Savannah.

Died March 16th, 1931 at 70 years old in Glendale.

Jurriaan Andriessen

Dutch composer (1925–1996).

Born November 15th, 1925 in Haarlem.

Died August 23rd, 1996 at 70 years old in The Hague.

Harold Hardwick

Sportsman.

Born December 14th, 1888 in Sydney. [ref]

Died February 22nd, 1959 at 70 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Alfred A. Cohn

American screenwriter (1880–1951).

Born March 26th, 1880 in Freeport.

Died February 3rd, 1951 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.

Werner Krämer

German footballer (1940-2010).

Born January 23rd, 1940 in Duisburg.

Died February 12th, 2010 at 70 years old in Duisburg. [ref]

Per Olof Sundman

Swedish politician (1922-1992).

Born September 4th, 1922 in Vaxholms church parish. [ref]

Died October 9th, 1992 at 70 years old in Kungsholms parish. [ref]

Símun av Skarði

Faroese politician and poet (1872-1942).

Born May 3rd, 1872 in Skarð.

Died October 9th, 1942 at 70 years old in Tórshavn.

Marietta Giannakou

Greek politician.

Born June 6th, 1951 in Geraki (Laconia).

Died February 27th, 2022 at 70 years old in Athens (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Armand De Decker

Belgian politician (1948-2019).

Born October 8th, 1948 in Brussels metropolitan area.

Died June 12th, 2019 at 70 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe. [ref]

Roza Papo

Bosnian jewish physician and general of the yugoslav people's army (1914–1984).

Born February 6th, 1914 in Sarajevo.

Died February 20th, 1984 at 70 years old in Belgrade.

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