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Dead at age 71
1,309 Notable deaths
Sisowath Kossamak
Queen consort of cambodia.
Born April 9th, 1904 in Phnom Penh.
Died April 27th, 1975 at 71 years old in Beijing.
Mary Kenneth Keller
First american woman to receive a phd in computer science (1913-1985).
Born December 17th, 1913 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1985 at 71 years old in Dubuque.
Ahmad bin Yahya
Imam of yemen (1891-1962).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Sanaa.
Died September 19th, 1962 at 71 years old in Ta'izz.
Dieter Moebius
Swiss musician (1944-2015).
Born January 16th, 1944 in St. Gallen.
Died July 20th, 2015 at 71 years old in Germany (cancer).
George Sarton
American historian of science (1884-1956).
Born August 31st, 1884 in Ghent. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1956 at 71 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Irma Stern
South african artist (1894-1966).
Born October 2nd, 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1966 at 71 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Wu Ma
Hong kong actor and film director.
Born September 22nd, 1942 in Tientsin. [ref]
Died February 4th, 2014 at 71 years old in Hong Kong (lung cancer).
Heinrich Blücher
German poet and philosopher.
Born January 29th, 1899 in Berlin.
Died October 31st, 1970 at 71 years old in Upper West Side. [ref]
Walter Brooke
American actor (1914-1986).
Born October 23rd, 1914 in New York City.
Died August 20th, 1986 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
German general.
Born September 4th, 1891 in Waldshut-Tiengen.
Died January 9th, 1963 at 71 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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