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Dead at age 71
1,927 Notable deaths
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-french immunologist, embryologist, biologist.
Born May 16th, 1845 in Ivanivka.
Died July 16th, 1916 at 71 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Verity Lambert
English television and film producer (1935–2007).
Born November 27th, 1935 in London.
Died November 22nd, 2007 at 71 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Meir Dagan
Israeli general and spy (1945–2016).
Born January 30th, 1945 in Kherson.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 71 years old in Tel Aviv (liver cancer). [ref]
Pat Quinn
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1943–2014).
Born January 29th, 1943 in Hamilton.
Died November 23rd, 2014 at 71 years old in Vancouver.
Mario Brega
Italian actor (1923-1994).
Born March 5th, 1923 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1994 at 71 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Martin Birch
British record producer (1948–2020).
Born December 27th, 1948 in Woking. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2020 at 71 years old [ref]
Jack Ketchum
American horror writer (1946-2018).
Born November 10th, 1946 in Livingston.
Died January 24th, 2018 at 71 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Virginia Bruce
Actress from the united states (1910-1982).
Born September 29th, 1910 in Minneapolis.
Died February 24th, 1982 at 71 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Radomir Antić
Serbian footballer and manager (1948-2020).
Born November 22nd, 1948 in Žitište.
Died April 6th, 2020 at 71 years old in Madrid (pancreatitis). [ref]
John Edward Williams
American writer (1922–1994).
Born August 29th, 1922 in Clarksville.
Died March 3rd, 1994 at 71 years old in Fayetteville.
Deaths 221 to 230 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