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Dead at age 70
1,864 Notable deaths
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]
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.
Died July 14th, 1953 at 70 years old in Boston.
Bobby Pearce
Australian rower (1905-1976).
Born September 30th, 1905 in Sydney.
Died May 20th, 1976 at 70 years old in Toronto.
Deaths 391 to 400 of 1864
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