Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
Carl Laemmle Jr.
American film producer (1908–1979).
Born April 28th, 1908 in Chicago.
Died September 24th, 1979 at 71 years old in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]
Yevgeny Dragunov
Soviet inventor (1920–1991).
Born February 20th, 1920 in Izhevsk.
Died August 4th, 1991 at 71 years old in Izhevsk.
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).
John Erskine
American educator and novelist (1879–1951).
Born October 5th, 1879 in New York City.
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City.
Lester Frank Ward
American sociologist and paleontologist (1841-1913).
Born June 18th, 1841 in Joliet.
Died April 18th, 1913 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C..
Nikolai Pirogov
Russian medical scientist (1810-1881).
Born November 25th, 1810 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 1881 at 71 years old in Vinnytsia (cancer).
Yone Noguchi
Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism (1875-1947).
Born December 8th, 1875 in Tsushima.
Died July 13th, 1947 at 71 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Immanuel Nobel
Swedish architect, engineer, inventor and industrialist (1801-1872).
Born March 24th, 1801 in Gävle Parish. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1872 at 71 years old in Heleneborg, Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Emily Stowe
Canadian physician.
Born May 1st, 1831 in Norwich. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1903 at 71 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Alfredo Kraus
Spanish tenor (1927–1999).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Died September 10th, 1999 at 71 years old in Madrid (pancreatic cancer).
Deaths 461 to 470 of 1928
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