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Dead at age 71
1,432 Notable deaths
Margot Fonteyn
English ballerina.
Born May 18th, 1919 in Reigate. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1991 at 71 years old in Panama City (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990).
Born October 11th, 1919 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 16th, 1990 at 71 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Lilli Palmer
German-british-swiss actress (1914-1986).
Born May 24th, 1914 in Poznań. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1986 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Jack Weston
American actor.
Born August 21st, 1924 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1996 at 71 years old in New York City (lymphoma). [ref]
Errol Brown
British singer and songwriter (1948–2015).
Born November 12th, 1943 in Kingston. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2015 at 71 years old in The Bahamas (liver cancer). [ref]
J. Geils
American musician.
Born February 20th, 1946 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 11th, 2017 at 71 years old in Groton. [ref]
Tommaso Buscetta
Sicilian mafia boss to become government informant.
Born July 13th, 1928 in Palermo.
Died April 2nd, 2000 at 71 years old in Florida (cancer). [ref]
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Afghanistan politician, former president of afghanistan (1992-2001).
Born September 20th, 1940 in Fayzabad.
Died September 20th, 2011 at 71 years old in Kabul. [ref]
Albert Göring
German engineer, businessman, and the younger brother of hermann göring.
Born March 9th, 1895 in Friedenau.
Died December 20th, 1966 at 71 years old in Munich (pancreatic cancer).
Ravindra Jain
Indian composer.
Born February 28th, 1944 in Aligarh.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 71 years old in Mumbai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
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