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Dead at age 70
1,239 Notable deaths
Otto Grotewohl
German politician (1894–1964).
Born March 11th, 1894 in Brunswick.
Died September 21st, 1964 at 70 years old in East Berlin.
Kōki Hirota
Japanese politician executed (1878-1948).
Born February 14th, 1878 in Fukuoka.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Hugh McCracken
American session musician (1942-2013).
Born March 31st, 1942 in Glen Ridge.
Died March 28th, 2013 at 70 years old in Manhattan (leukemia).
Mory Kanté
Guinean musician.
Born March 29th, 1950 in Kissidougou Prefecture, Albadaria.
Died May 22nd, 2020 at 70 years old in Conakry (chronic condition). [ref]
Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writer.
Born October 4th, 1949 in Ovalle. [ref]
Died April 16th, 2020 at 70 years old in Oviedo (COVID-19). [ref]
Abdul Rehman Malik
Pakistani politician.
Born December 12th, 1951 in Sialkot.
Died February 23rd, 2022 at 70 years old in Islamabad (COVID-19). [ref]
Ben Shahn
Lithuanian painter and photographer.
Born September 12th, 1898 in Kaunas. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1969 at 70 years old in New York City. [ref]
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician.
Born September 1st, 1938 in Kingston.
Died October 10th, 2008 at 70 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Joseph Pilato
American actor (1949-2019).
Born March 16th, 1949 in Boston.
Died March 24th, 2019 at 70 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Brion Gysin
British-canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986).
Born January 19th, 1916 in Taplow. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1986 at 70 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid