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Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
Gaetano Giardino
Italian general (1864-1935).
Born January 24th, 1864 in Montemagno Monferrato.
Died November 22nd, 1935 at 71 years old in Turin.
Sergey Alexeyevich Lebedev
Soviet computer scientist (1902–1974).
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died July 3rd, 1974 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Felix Aderca
Romanian writer (1891-1962).
Born March 13th, 1891 in Vaslui County.
Died December 12th, 1962 at 71 years old in Bucharest (brain cancer).
Francis Carco
New caledonian-born french writer.
Born July 3rd, 1886 in Nouméa.
Died May 26th, 1958 at 71 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (Parkinson's disease).
Friedrich Torberg
Czech publicist and writer (1908–1979).
Born September 16th, 1908 in Vienna.
Died November 10th, 1979 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Ahatanhel Krymsky
Ukrainian academic (1871–1942).
Born January 15th, 1871 in Volodymyr.
Died January 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Kostanay.
William Meade Fishback
American politician (1831-1903).
Born November 5th, 1831 in Culpeper County.
Died February 9th, 1903 at 71 years old in Fort Smith (stroke).
Emmanuel Nunes
Portuguese composer and music teacher (1941–2012).
Born August 31st, 1941 in Freguesia de São Sebastião da Pedreira.
Died September 2nd, 2012 at 71 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Horst Stumpff
German general (1887–1958).
Born November 20th, 1887 in Giessen.
Died November 25th, 1958 at 71 years old in Hamburg.
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1869 in Kazanka.
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice.
Deaths 1081 to 1090 of 1928
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson