Dead at age 71

1,472 Notable deaths

John Le Mesurier

English actor (1912-1983).

Born May 4th, 1912 in Bedford. [ref]

Died November 15th, 1983 at 71 years old in Ramsgate (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Ken Howard

American actor (1944-2016).

Born March 28th, 1944 in El Centro.

Died March 23rd, 2016 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]

Richard Gilliland

American actor (1950–2021).

Born January 23rd, 1950 in Fort Worth.

Died March 18th, 2021 at 71 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Floyd Patterson

American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006).

Born January 4th, 1935 in Waco.

Died May 11th, 2006 at 71 years old in New Paltz (prostate cancer). [ref]

Georges Lemaître

Belgkhian scilntist alnd prest (1894-1966).

Born July 17th, 1894 in Charleroi. [ref]

Died June 20th, 1966 at 71 years old in Leuven (leukemia). [ref]

John Browning

Firearms designer of the united states (1855-1926).

Born January 23rd, 1855 in Ogden.

Died November 26th, 1926 at 71 years old in Liège (heart failure).

Pierre Bourdieu

French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.

Born August 1st, 1930 in Denguin. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 2002 at 71 years old in Paris (small cell carcinoma). [ref]

Aimo Koivunen

Finnish soldier.

Born October 17th, 1917 in Alastaro.

Died August 12th, 1989 at 71 years old in Jyväskylä.

Bobby Caldwell

American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Born August 15th, 1951 in Manhattan. [ref]

Died March 14th, 2023 at 71 years old in Manhattan (peripheral neuropathy). [ref]

Saroj Khan

Indian dancer and choreographer (1948–2020).

Born November 22nd, 1948 in Mumbai.

Died July 3rd, 2020 at 71 years old in Mumbai (cardiac arrest). [ref]

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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé