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Dead at age 70
1,372 Notable deaths
Frieda Hempel
German soprano singer.
Born June 26th, 1885 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1955 at 70 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Lugné-Poe
French actor and director (1869–1940).
Born December 27th, 1869 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 19th, 1940 at 70 years old in Avignon.
Jocelyne Saab
Lebanese film director (1948-2019).
Born April 30th, 1948 in Beirut. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2019 at 70 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
George Wilson Malone
American politician (1890–1961).
Born August 7th, 1890 in Fredonia.
Died May 19th, 1961 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alessandro Bonci
Italian opera singer (1870–1940).
Born February 10th, 1870 in Cesena.
Died August 10th, 1940 at 70 years old in Viserba.
Grigoriy Rechkalov
Soviet air force major general (1920–1990).
Born February 9th, 1920 in Irbitsky Uyezd.
Died December 22nd, 1990 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Edwin W. Kemmerer
American economist.
Born June 29th, 1875 in Scranton.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Princeton.
Andrej Kvašňák
Slovak footballer (1936-2007).
Born May 19th, 1936 in Košice.
Died April 18th, 2007 at 70 years old in Prague (lung cancer). [ref]
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet.
Born May 14th, 1882 in Kaminoyama.
Died February 25th, 1953 at 70 years old
Eugenia Umińska
Polish violinist (1910–1980).
Born October 4th, 1910 in Warsaw.
Died November 20th, 1980 at 70 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Deaths 841 to 850 of 1372
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde