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Dead at age 70
1,874 Notable deaths
Ailo Gaup
Saami writer (1944–2014).
Born June 18th, 1944 in Kautokeino Municipality. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2014 at 70 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Päivi Paunu
Finnish singer (1946–2016).
Born September 20th, 1946 in Helsinki.
Died December 14th, 2016 at 70 years old (cancer).
Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin
Russian artist (1821-1892).
Born December 18th, 1821 in Nekrasovskoye.
Died February 29th, 1892 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Władysław Witwicki
Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator historian (of philosophy and art), and artist.
Born April 30th, 1878 in Lubaczów.
Died December 21st, 1948 at 70 years old in Konstancin-Jeziorna.
Karl Robatsch
Chess player (1929-2000).
Born October 14th, 1929 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2000 at 70 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (esophageal cancer).
Italo Zingarelli
Film producer (1930–2000).
Born January 15th, 1930 in Lugo.
Died April 29th, 2000 at 70 years old in Rome.
Johann Georg Kohl
German geographer (1808–1878).
Born April 28th, 1808 in Bremen.
Died October 28th, 1878 at 70 years old in Bremen.
Cemil Meriç
Turkish writer (1916–1987).
Born December 12th, 1916 in Reyhanlı.
Died June 13th, 1987 at 70 years old in Istanbul.
Gyula Zsivótzky
Hungarian hammer thrower (1937–2007).
Born February 25th, 1937 in Budapest.
Died September 29th, 2007 at 70 years old in Budapest (cancer). [ref]
Alajos Strobl
Hungarian sculptor (1856–1926).
Born June 30th, 1856 in Liptovský Hrádok.
Died December 13th, 1926 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 1331 to 1340 of 1874
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde