Dead at age 70
1,871 Notable deaths
Maxwell Anderson
American playwright and writer (1888–1959).
Born December 15th, 1888 in Atlantic.
Died February 28th, 1959 at 70 years old in Stamford (stroke).
Joseph Papp
American producer and director.
Born June 22nd, 1921 in Brooklyn.
Died October 31st, 1991 at 70 years old in Greenwich Village (prostate cancer).
Jason Robards
American actor (1892–1963).
Born December 31st, 1892 in Hillsdale.
Died April 4th, 1963 at 70 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).
Mika Waltari
Finnish writer (1908–1979).
Born September 19th, 1908 in Helsinki.
Died August 26th, 1979 at 70 years old in Helsinki (cancer).
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.
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).
Francis Parkman
American historian (1823–1893).
Born September 16th, 1823 in Boston.
Died November 8th, 1893 at 70 years old in Jamaica Plain. [ref]
Vasily Sokolovsky
Soviet marshal (1897–1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki.
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]
Calvert Vaux
Anglo-american architect (1824-1895).
Born December 20th, 1824 in London. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1895 at 70 years old in Brooklyn (drowning). [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 1871
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson