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Dead at age 70
1,239 Notable deaths
Ahmed Nihad
Ottoman prince.
Born July 5th, 1883 in Istanbul.
Died June 4th, 1954 at 70 years old in Beirut.
Abbas II
Khedive of egypt and sudan (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914).
Born July 14th, 1874 in Alexandria.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 70 years old in Geneva.
Frank Knox
47th secretary of the navy of the united states (1874-1944).
Born January 1st, 1874 in Boston.
Died April 28th, 1944 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Lionel Trilling
American academic.
Born July 4th, 1905 in Queens. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1975 at 70 years old in New York City. [ref]
Waldemar Haffkine
Bacteriologist.
Born March 27th, 1860 in Odesa. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1930 at 70 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
John Dickson Carr
Novelist, short story writer, playwright.
Born November 30th, 1906 in Uniontown. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1977 at 70 years old in Greenville (lung cancer). [ref]
Sid Grauman
American showman (1879-1950).
Born March 17th, 1879 in Indianapolis.
Died March 5th, 1950 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (coronary occlusion).
Bethel Leslie
American actress (1929-1999).
Born August 3rd, 1929 in New York City.
Died November 28th, 1999 at 70 years old in New York City (cancer).
Andrey Vyshinsky
Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat (1883-1954).
Born December 10th, 1883 in Odesa. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Elmyr de Hory
Hungarian painter and art forger (1906-1976).
Born April 14th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 11th, 1976 at 70 years old in Ibiza (intoxication).
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