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Dead at age 71

1,929 Notable deaths

Kurt Leucht

Olympic wrestler.

Born March 31st, 1903 in Nuremberg.

Died November 2nd, 1974 at 71 years old in Nuremberg.

Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren

Swedish entomologist (1823-1894).

Born June 8th, 1823 in Lund.

Died October 25th, 1894 at 71 years old in Malmöhus County.

Hakob Hakobyan

Armenian poet (1866-1937).

Born May 29th, 1866 in Ganja.

Died November 13th, 1937 at 71 years old in Tbilisi.

Vyacheslav Solovyov

Russian footballer (1925-1996).

Born January 14th, 1925 in Moskovsky Uyezd.

Died September 7th, 1996 at 71 years old in Moscow.

Camille Rousset

French historian (1821-1892).

Born February 15th, 1821 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 19th, 1892 at 71 years old in Saint-Gobain. [ref]

Volodymyr Savchenko

Soviet ukrainian science fiction writer and engineer (1933–2005).

Born February 15th, 1933 in Poltava.

Died January 24th, 2005 at 71 years old in Kyiv. [ref]

Karl Ansén

Swedish association football player (1887-1959).

Born July 26th, 1887 in Stockholm.

Died July 20th, 1959 at 71 years old in Morgongåva.

Herbert Blöcker

West german equestrian (1943–2014).

Born January 1st, 1943 in Fiefharrie.

Died February 15th, 2014 at 71 years old in Elmshorn (cancer).

Andrei Igorov

Canoe racer (1939-2011).

Born December 10th, 1939 in Brăila.

Died November 10th, 2011 at 71 years old in Brăila. [ref]

Maguito Vilela

Brazilian politician.

Born January 24th, 1949 in Jataí. [ref]

Died January 13th, 2021 at 71 years old in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]

Deaths 1781 to 1790 of 1929

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