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Dead at age 70
1,340 Notable deaths
James Lightbody
American middle distance runner (1882-1953).
Born March 16th, 1882 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1953 at 70 years old in Charleston.
Slobodan Čašule
Macedonian politician (1945–2015).
Born September 27th, 1945 in Skopje.
Died December 18th, 2015 at 70 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Hans-Joachim Walde
Athletics competitor.
Born June 28th, 1942 in Gmina Lubin.
Died April 18th, 2013 at 70 years old in Jever.
József Nagy
Hungarian footballer (born 1892).
Born October 15th, 1892 in Budapest.
Died January 22nd, 1963 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Maryvonne Dupureur
French athlete.
Born May 24th, 1937 in Saint-Brieuc.
Died January 7th, 2008 at 70 years old in Saint-Brieuc. [ref]
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson
U.s. botanist (1864–1935).
Born November 8th, 1864 in Bloomington.
Died July 27th, 1935 at 70 years old in Jaffrey.
Leopold Hofmann
Austrian footballer (1905-1976).
Born October 31st, 1905 in Vienna.
Died January 9th, 1976 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Roland Ducke
German footballer (1934–2005).
Born November 19th, 1934 in Benešov nad Ploučnicí.
Died June 26th, 2005 at 70 years old in Jena (prostate cancer).
Julius Hjulian
American soccer player (1903-1974).
Born March 15th, 1903 in Sweden.
Died February 1st, 1974 at 70 years old in Chicago.
Harry Forbes Witherby
British ornithologist (1873–1943).
Born October 7th, 1873 in Burley.
Died December 11th, 1943 at 70 years old in Surrey. [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel