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Dead at age 71
1,927 Notable deaths
John Arthur Thomson
Scottish naturalist (1861–1933).
Born July 8th, 1861 in Saltoun.
Died February 12th, 1933 at 71 years old in Limpsfield.
Alfred Berger
Austrian figure skater (1894–1966).
Born August 25th, 1894 in Vienna.
Died June 11th, 1966 at 71 years old
Karol Irzykowski
Polish writer (1873-1944).
Born January 23rd, 1873 in Błażkowa, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 71 years old in Żyrardów (gunshot wound). [ref]
Mariano Arrate
Spanish footballer (1892-1963).
Born August 12th, 1892 in San Sebastián.
Died December 24th, 1963 at 71 years old in San Sebastián.
Gisle Johnson
Norwegian theologian (1822–1894).
Born September 10th, 1822 in Halden.
Died July 17th, 1894 at 71 years old in Nøtterøy.
Élisabeth d'Ayen
French tennis player (1898–1969).
Born October 27th, 1898 in Maintenon.
Died December 7th, 1969 at 71 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit
Ukrainian painter, photographer, philosoph, poet, writer (1927-1998).
Born March 1st, 1927 in Bistrets'.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 71 years old in Kryvorivnia.
Leopold Neumer
German footballer (1919-1990).
Born February 8th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died March 19th, 1990 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Eugène Pelletan
French politician (1813-1884).
Born October 29th, 1813 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer.
Died December 13th, 1884 at 71 years old in Paris.
Vehbi Akdağ
Turkish wrestler (1949–2020).
Born January 1st, 1949 in Tokat.
Died June 23rd, 2020 at 71 years old in Tokat. [ref]
Deaths 1571 to 1580 of 1927
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner