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Dead at age 70
1,335 Notable deaths
Peter Godfrey
British actor and director (1899-1970).
Born October 16th, 1899 in London.
Died March 4th, 1970 at 70 years old in Hollywood (Parkinson's disease).
Georg Kolbe
German sculptor (1877-1947).
Born April 13th, 1877 in Waldheim. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1947 at 70 years old in Berlin (bladder cancer). [ref]
William Gemmell Cochran
British / american statistician.
Born July 15th, 1909 in Rutherglen.
Died March 29th, 1980 at 70 years old in Orleans.
Pave Maijanen
Finnish singer (1950–2021).
Born September 3rd, 1950 in Lappeenranta. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2021 at 70 years old [ref]
Ove Andersson
Rally driver and toyota motorsport boss.
Born January 3rd, 1938 in Uppsala.
Died June 11th, 2008 at 70 years old in George (traffic collision). [ref]
Archduchess Maria Cristina, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Two sicilian and austro-tuscan imperial and royal.
Born April 10th, 1877 in Cannes.
Died October 4th, 1947 at 70 years old in Sankt Gilgen.
George McManus
American cartoonist; creator of 'bringing up father'.
Born January 23rd, 1884 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch politician (1860-1930).
Born April 20th, 1860 in Leeuwarden. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1930 at 70 years old in The Hague. [ref]
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian artist.
Born May 26th, 1867 in Mississippi Mills. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1938 at 70 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Othmar Schoeck
Swiss composer (1886-1957).
Born September 1st, 1886 in Brunnen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 70 years old in Zürich. [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche