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Dead at age 71
1,927 Notable deaths
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter.
Born January 27th, 1827 in Nakanohama.
Died November 22nd, 1898 at 71 years old in Tokyo.
Kikunae Ikeda
Japanese chemist (1864–1936).
Born October 8th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died May 3rd, 1936 at 71 years old in Tokyo.
Madge Evans
American actress (1909–1981).
Born July 1st, 1909 in Manhattan.
Died April 26th, 1981 at 71 years old in Oakland (cancer).
Les Clark
American animator (1907–1979).
Born November 17th, 1907 in Ogden.
Died September 12th, 1979 at 71 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse
Grand duke of hesse and by rhine (1806–1877).
Born June 9th, 1806 in Darmstadt.
Died June 13th, 1877 at 71 years old in Seeheim-Jugenheim.
Princess Dagmar of Denmark
Danish princess (1890-1961); daughter of frederick viii of denmark and louise of sweden.
Born May 23rd, 1890 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died October 11th, 1961 at 71 years old in Kongstedlund.
Richard Corliss
American editor for time magazine (1944-2015).
Born March 6th, 1944 in Philadelphia.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 71 years old in New York City (stroke).
Lewis Fry Richardson
Uk mathematician & polymath (1881–1953).
Born October 11th, 1881 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died September 30th, 1953 at 71 years old in Kilmun.
Francis Bebey
Cameroonian musician and writer (1929-2001).
Born July 15th, 1929 in Douala.
Died May 28th, 2001 at 71 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Max von Stephanitz
German noble (1864–1936).
Born December 30th, 1864 in Dresden.
Died April 22nd, 1936 at 71 years old in Dresden.
Deaths 411 to 420 of 1927
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler