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Dead at age 70
1,239 Notable deaths
Tris Speaker
American baseball player (1888-1958).
Born April 4th, 1888 in Texas.
Died December 8th, 1958 at 70 years old in Texas (myocardial infarction).
Daria Nicolodi
Italian actress.
Born June 19th, 1950 in Florence.
Died November 26th, 2020 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Max Azria
French-tunisian fashion designer.
Born January 1st, 1949 in Sfax.
Died May 6th, 2019 at 70 years old in Houston (lung cancer). [ref]
Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian (1861-1932).
Born November 14th, 1861 in Portage.
Died March 14th, 1932 at 70 years old in San Marino.
Iwane Matsui
Japanese general (1878-1948).
Born July 27th, 1878 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Ntozake Shange
African american writer and performance artist (1948-2018).
Born October 18th, 1948 in Trenton.
Died October 27th, 2018 at 70 years old in Bowie (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Charles Kalani
American professional wrestler and actor (1930-2000).
Born January 6th, 1930 in Honolulu.
Died August 22nd, 2000 at 70 years old in Lake Forest (heart failure).
John T. Scopes
American schoolteacher.
Born August 3rd, 1900 in Paducah.
Died October 21st, 1970 at 70 years old in Shreveport (cancer).
Anton Diffring
Actor.
Born October 20th, 1918 in Koblenz. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1989 at 70 years old in Châteauneuf-Grasse (cancer). [ref]
Gerard Lawson
American video game developer.
Born December 1st, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Died April 9th, 2011 at 70 years old in Mountain View (diabetes). [ref]
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo