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Dead at age 71
1,309 Notable deaths
Lincoln Ellsworth
American explorer.
Born May 12th, 1880 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Dik Browne
Cartoonist.
Born August 11th, 1917 in New York City.
Died June 4th, 1989 at 71 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Alla Kushnir
Chess player.
Born August 11th, 1941 in Moscow.
Died August 2nd, 2013 at 71 years old in Tel Aviv.
Ulrich Salchow
Swedish figure skater.
Born August 7th, 1877 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1949 at 71 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Robert W. Holley
American biochemist (1922-1993).
Born January 28th, 1922 in Urbana. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1993 at 71 years old in Los Gatos (lung cancer). [ref]
Ivan Patzaichin
Romanian sprint canoeist.
Born November 26th, 1949 in Mila 23.
Died September 5th, 2021 at 71 years old in Emergency University Hospital Elias (lung cancer). [ref]
John Erskine
American educator and novelist.
Born October 5th, 1879 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Julien Duvivier
French film director (1896-1967).
Born October 3rd, 1896 in Lille. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1967 at 71 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician (1889-1961).
Born April 11th, 1889 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1961 at 71 years old in New Orleans. [ref]
Marcelo Fernan
Served as both chief justice of the supreme court and as senate president (1927-1999).
Born October 24th, 1927 in Cebu City.
Died July 11th, 1999 at 71 years old in Manila.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde