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Dead at age 70
1,865 Notable deaths
Ernest Douwes Dekker
Indonesia politician (1879–1950).
Born October 8th, 1879 in Pasuruan.
Died August 28th, 1950 at 70 years old in Bandung.
Bob Davies
American basketball player-coach.
Born January 15th, 1920 in Harrisburg.
Died April 22nd, 1990 at 70 years old in Hilton Head Island.
Otto von Lossow
German general (1868–1938).
Born January 15th, 1868 in Hof.
Died November 25th, 1938 at 70 years old in Munich.
Helene Weigel
German actress and artistic director (1900–1971).
Born May 12th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died May 6th, 1971 at 70 years old in Berlin, East Berlin.
Sidney Coleman
American physicist (1937–2007).
Born March 7th, 1937 in Chicago.
Died November 18th, 2007 at 70 years old in Cambridge.
Vladimir Bekhterev
Russian neurologist.
Born February 1st, 1857 in Saralı.
Died December 24th, 1927 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Paul Schmidt
German interpreter and translator (1899-1970).
Born June 23rd, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 21st, 1970 at 70 years old in Gmund am Tegernsee.
Julius Sterling Morton
American politician (1832-1902).
Born April 22nd, 1832 in Adams.
Died April 27th, 1902 at 70 years old in Lake Forest.
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Former danish prince (1942-2013); youngest child of knud, hereditary prince of denmark, and princess caroline-mathilde of denmark.
Born October 22nd, 1942 in Sorgenfri Palace.
Died May 21st, 2013 at 70 years old in Gentofte.
Sveinn Björnsson
Icelandic politician, 1st president of iceland (1881-1952).
Born February 27th, 1881 in Copenhagen.
Died January 25th, 1952 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Deaths 491 to 500 of 1865
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