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Dead at age 70

1,372 Notable deaths

Nigel De Brulier

English actor (1877-1948).

Born August 8th, 1877 in Bristol.

Died January 30th, 1948 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.

William Gemmell Cochran

British / american statistician.

Born July 15th, 1909 in Rutherglen.

Died March 29th, 1980 at 70 years old in Orleans.

Vladimir Bakarić

Croatian politician (1912-1983).

Born March 8th, 1912 in Velika Gorica. [ref]

Died January 16th, 1983 at 70 years old in Zagreb. [ref]

Rosa Raisa

Operatic soprano (1893-1963).

Born May 30th, 1893 in Białystok.

Died September 28th, 1963 at 70 years old in Los Angeles, Santa Monica (disease). [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]

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]

George Horace Lorimer

American journalist and writer.

Born October 6th, 1867 in Louisville.

Died October 22nd, 1937 at 70 years old in Wyncote.

Philip Wilson

Australian roman catholic archbishop (1950–2021).

Born October 2nd, 1950 in Cessnock. [ref]

Died January 17th, 2021 at 70 years old [ref]

Alex Raisbeck

Scottish footballer (1878-1949).

Born December 26th, 1878 in Polmont.

Died March 12th, 1949 at 70 years old in Liverpool.

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 I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid