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Dead at age 70
1,874 Notable deaths
Frederick Parks
Boxer (1885–1945).
Born March 11th, 1875 in London.
Died May 22nd, 1945 at 70 years old in Hampstead.
Alfred von Domaszewski
Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist (1856–1927).
Born October 30th, 1856 in Timișoara.
Died March 25th, 1927 at 70 years old in Munich.
Karl-Heinz Hopp
German rower (1936–2007).
Born November 20th, 1936 in Olsztyn.
Died February 11th, 2007 at 70 years old in Palingen.
Jos Huysmans
Belgian road bicycle racer (1941–2012).
Born December 18th, 1941 in Beerzel.
Died October 10th, 2012 at 70 years old in Beerzel. [ref]
Ernst Albert Gäumann
Swiss botanist and mycologist (1893-1963).
Born October 6th, 1893 in Lyss, Eiserfeld.
Died December 6th, 1963 at 70 years old in Zurich.
Hemmo Silvennoinen
Finnish ski jumper (1932–2002).
Born November 6th, 1932 in Kesälahti.
Died December 4th, 2002 at 70 years old in Vantaa.
Charles Letourneau
French anthropologist and philosopher (1831-1902).
Born September 23rd, 1831 in Auray.
Died February 21st, 1902 at 70 years old in Paris.
Charles McIlvaine
American rower.
Born August 16th, 1904 in Philadelphia.
Died January 30th, 1975 at 70 years old in Ocean City.
Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan
French jurist (1802–1873).
Born August 21st, 1802 in Toulon.
Died March 27th, 1873 at 70 years old in Paris.
Lucjan Siemieński
Polish romantic poet, prose writer, and literary critic (1807–1877).
Born August 13th, 1807 in Kamiana Gora. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1877 at 70 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Deaths 1691 to 1700 of 1874
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