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Dead at age 71
1,309 Notable deaths
Sara Josephine Baker
American physician (1873-1945).
Born November 15th, 1873 in Poughkeepsie.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 71 years old in New York City.
Tony Ryan
Irish businessman.
Born February 2nd, 1936 in Thurles.
Died October 3rd, 2007 at 71 years old in Celbridge (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Al Oerter
American athlete (1936-2007).
Born September 19th, 1936 in New York City.
Died October 1st, 2007 at 71 years old in Fort Myers (heart failure).
Eduardo Frei Montalva
President of chile (1911-1982).
Born January 16th, 1911 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 1982 at 71 years old in Santiago.
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter.
Born February 21st, 1938 in Abbeville.
Died January 14th, 2010 at 71 years old in Louisiana. [ref]
Nikolai Medtner
British composer and pianist.
Born January 5th, 1880 in Moscow.
Died November 13th, 1951 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Shirley Horn
American singer.
Born May 1st, 1934 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died October 20th, 2005 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C. (stroke, diabetes, breast cancer). [ref]
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter.
Born August 21st, 1928 in Council Bluffs. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1999 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar from india.
Born August 19th, 1907 in Ballia district. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1979 at 71 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Michael Henderson
American musician.
Born July 7th, 1951 in Yazoo City.
Died July 19th, 2022 at 71 years old in Dallas. [ref]
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