Dead at age 71

1,472 Notable deaths

Walt Kuhn

American painter (1877-1949).

Born October 27th, 1877 in Brooklyn.

Died July 13th, 1949 at 71 years old in White Plains (ulcer).

František Kriegel

Czech politician and doctor (1908-1979).

Born April 10th, 1908 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 1979 at 71 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Artur Dinter

German writer and nazi politician (1876-1948).

Born June 27th, 1876 in Mulhouse.

Died June 21st, 1948 at 71 years old in Offenburg.

Carl Eckart

American physicist (1902-1973).

Born May 4th, 1902 in St. Louis.

Died October 23rd, 1973 at 71 years old in La Jolla.

Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius

Lithuanian writer (1882-1954).

Born October 19th, 1882 in Subartonys.

Died July 17th, 1954 at 71 years old in Broomall.

Fathi Arafat

Palestinian physician (1933–2004).

Born January 11th, 1933 in Cairo.

Died December 1st, 2004 at 71 years old in Cairo (stomach cancer). [ref]

Maurice Cornforth

British marxist philosopher (1909–1980).

Born October 28th, 1909 in London, Willesden.

Died December 31st, 1980 at 71 years old in London, Islington.

William Desmond

American actor (1878–1949).

Born January 23rd, 1878 in Dublin.

Died November 3rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Enriqueta Basilio

Mexican athlete.

Born July 15th, 1948 in Mexicali.

Died October 26th, 2019 at 71 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia). [ref]

Grigory Levenfish

Soviet chess player (1889–1961).

Born March 9th, 1889 in Piotrków Trybunalski.

Died February 9th, 1961 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Deaths 731 to 740 of 1472

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