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Dead at age 70
1,371 Notable deaths
Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria
Austrian imperial and royal (1922–1993).
Born May 31st, 1922 in Madrid.
Died January 6th, 1993 at 70 years old in Deutschfeistritz.
Sara Allgood
Irish actress (1880-1950).
Born October 31st, 1879 in Dublin.
Died September 13th, 1950 at 70 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Ruler of sheikhdom of kuwait from 1950 to 1965.
Born January 1st, 1895 in Kuwait City.
Died November 24th, 1965 at 70 years old in Kuwait City (kidney failure).
Vasily Sokolovsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1897-1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki, Białystok County.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Ángel Nieto
Spanish motorcycle racer.
Born January 25th, 1947 in Zamora. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 70 years old in Ibiza (traffic collision). [ref]
Patricia Crone
Danish orientalist and historian (1945–2015).
Born March 28th, 1945 in Lejre Municipality. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 70 years old in Princeton (cancer). [ref]
Richard von Mises
Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883-1953).
Born April 19th, 1883 in Lviv. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1953 at 70 years old in Boston. [ref]
Bobby Pearce
Australian rower (1905-1976).
Born September 30th, 1905 in Sydney.
Died May 20th, 1976 at 70 years old in Toronto.
John P. Ryan
American actor (1936-2007).
Born July 30th, 1936 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 20th, 2007 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi royal (1918-1988).
Born March 4th, 1918 in Saudi Arabia.
Died November 26th, 1988 at 70 years old in Riyadh.
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