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Dead at age 71
1,472 Notable deaths
Văn Cao
Vietnamese composer (1923-1995).
Born November 15th, 1923 in Haiphong.
Died July 10th, 1995 at 71 years old in Hanoi.
Leonie Rysanek
Austrian soprano (1926-1998).
Born November 14th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died March 7th, 1998 at 71 years old in Vienna (bone cancer).
Salama Musa
Egyptian newspaper editor (1887–1958).
Born February 4th, 1887 in Zagazig.
Died August 4th, 1958 at 71 years old in Cairo.
Evgeny Sveshnikov
Latvian-russian chess player (1950-2021).
Born February 11th, 1950 in Chelyabinsk. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2021 at 71 years old [ref]
Walford Davies
British composer.
Born September 6th, 1869 in Oswestry. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1941 at 71 years old in Wrington. [ref]
Walter Heller
American economist.
Born August 27th, 1915 in Buffalo.
Died June 15th, 1987 at 71 years old in Silverdale (cardioplegia).
Béla Hamvas
Hungarian writer and philosopher (1897–1968).
Born March 23rd, 1897 in Prešov.
Died November 7th, 1968 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Harriet Cohen
British musician (1895-1967).
Born December 2nd, 1895 in London.
Died November 13th, 1967 at 71 years old in London.
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
Albanian politician (1887-1958).
Born March 15th, 1887 in Krujë. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1958 at 71 years old in Niagara Falls.
Elissa Aalto
Finnish architect (1922–1994) married to alvar aalto.
Born November 22nd, 1922 in Kemi. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1994 at 71 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir