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Dead at age 70
1,864 Notable deaths
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]
Henry Hopkins Sibley
Confederate army general (1816–1886).
Born May 25th, 1816 in Natchitoches.
Died August 23rd, 1886 at 70 years old in Fredericksburg.
Alfred Riedl
Austrian soccer player (1949–2020).
Born November 2nd, 1949 in Vienna.
Died September 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Pottendorf. [ref]
Dick Heckstall-Smith
English jazz and blues saxophonist (1934-2004).
Born September 26th, 1934 in Ludlow. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2004 at 70 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 471 to 480 of 1864
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