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Dead at age 70
1,335 Notable deaths
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Russian/lithuanian poet and translator.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 70 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jiří Raška
Czechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers.
Born February 4th, 1941 in Plzeň, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2012 at 70 years old in Nový Jičín. [ref]
Anatole de Monzie
French politician (1876–1947).
Born November 22nd, 1876 in Bazas.
Died January 11th, 1947 at 70 years old in Paris.
Harry Piel
German actor (1892-1963).
Born July 12th, 1892 in Düsseldorf.
Died March 27th, 1963 at 70 years old in Munich.
Adam Stegerwald
German politician (1874-1945).
Born December 14th, 1874 in Greußenheim.
Died December 3rd, 1945 at 70 years old in Würzburg (pneumonia).
Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto
Brazilian writer and politician (1864–1934).
Born February 21st, 1864 in Caxias.
Died November 28th, 1934 at 70 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Annemarie Huber-Hotz
Swiss politician (1948-2019).
Born August 16th, 1948 in Baar.
Died August 1st, 2019 at 70 years old in Schwarzsee (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gerard Mortier
Belgian opera director (1943–2014).
Born November 25th, 1943 in Ghent.
Died March 8th, 2014 at 70 years old in City of Brussels (pancreatic cancer).
Theodor Curtius
German chemist.
Born May 27th, 1857 in Duisburg.
Died February 8th, 1928 at 70 years old in Heidelberg.
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]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel