Dead at age 70
1,376 Notable deaths
Theodor von Scheve
German chess player.
Born June 11th, 1851 in Koźle.
Died April 19th, 1922 at 70 years old in Paczków.
Jimmy Davidson
Scottish footballer (1925-1996).
Born November 8th, 1925 in Douglas Water.
Died January 24th, 1996 at 70 years old
Atanas Kirov
Bulgarian weightlifter.
Born September 24th, 1946 in Burgas. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2017 at 70 years old in Sofia (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jean Claessens
Belgian footballer (1908-1978).
Born June 18th, 1908 in Anderlecht.
Died December 19th, 1978 at 70 years old [ref]
Eligio Echagüe
Paraguayan footballer (1938-2009).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Concepción.
Died December 6th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lambaré.
Aleksandr Klepikov
Russian rower.
Born May 23rd, 1950 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 26th, 2021 at 70 years old [ref]
Eva Šuranová
Czechoslovak long jumper.
Born April 24th, 1946 in Ózd.
Died December 31st, 2016 at 70 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2003).
Born January 6th, 1933 in Udomlya.
Died May 28th, 2003 at 70 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Wrexie Leonard
American astronomer.
Born September 15th, 1867 in Troy.
Died November 9th, 1937 at 70 years old in Roxbury.
Finn Tveter
Norwegian rower (1947-2018).
Born November 19th, 1947 in Oslo.
Died July 30th, 2018 at 70 years old in Oslo. [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