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Dead at age 70
1,871 Notable deaths
Carlos Ezquerra
Spanish comics artist (1947–2018).
Born November 12th, 1947 in Ibdes.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 70 years old (cancer). [ref]
Evgeny Lifshitz
Soviet physicist (1915-1985).
Born October 21st, 1915 in Kharkiv.
Died October 29th, 1985 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Joseph B. Foraker
American politician from ohio (1846-1917).
Born July 5th, 1846 in Highland County.
Died May 10th, 1917 at 70 years old in Cincinnati.
Habib Elghanian
Iranian jewish businessman (1909–1979).
Born April 5th, 1909 in Tehran.
Died May 9th, 1979 at 70 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Norwegian physician.
Born July 29th, 1841 in Bergen.
Died February 12th, 1912 at 70 years old in Florø (myocardial infarction).
Masayoshi Ōhira
Japanese politician (1910-1980).
Born March 12th, 1910 in Wada.
Died June 12th, 1980 at 70 years old in Toranomon Hospital (myocardial infarction).
Sir John Woodroffe
English orientalist (1865–1936).
Born December 15th, 1865 in Kolkata.
Died January 18th, 1936 at 70 years old in Beausoleil.
Patrick Juvet
Swiss singer-songwriter (1950–2021).
Born August 21st, 1950 in Montreux.
Died April 1st, 2021 at 70 years old in Barcelona (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Harun Farocki
German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film (1944–2014).
Born January 9th, 1944 in Nový Jičín.
Died July 30th, 2014 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Dan Shomron
13th chief of general staff of the israeli defense forces (1937–2008).
Born August 5th, 1937 in Ashdot Ya'akov.
Died February 26th, 2008 at 70 years old in Tel Aviv (stroke). [ref]
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