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Dead at age 71
1,396 Notable deaths
Nikolai Vlasik
Soviet general (1896-1967).
Born May 22nd, 1896 in Babynichy.
Died June 18th, 1967 at 71 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Doris Grau
American script supervisor (1924–1995).
Born October 12th, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Died December 30th, 1995 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (lung disease).
Gustav Radbruch
German politician (1878-1949).
Born November 21st, 1878 in Lübeck.
Died November 23rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Heidelberg.
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
South african politician (1937-2009).
Born September 18th, 1937 in Kroonstad.
Died April 6th, 2009 at 71 years old in Pretoria. [ref]
Spede Pasanen
Finnish film and tv series director, producer, actor, comedian, game show host and inventor (1930–2001).
Born April 10th, 1930 in Kuopio. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2001 at 71 years old in Sarvvik (myocardial infarction).
Lew Soloff
American musician (1944-2015).
Born February 20th, 1944 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 8th, 2015 at 71 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fritz von Opel
German engineer.
Born May 4th, 1899 in Rüsselsheim am Main. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1971 at 71 years old in Samedan. [ref]
Yoshio Harada
Japanese actor (1940-2011).
Born February 29th, 1940 in Adachi-ku.
Died July 19th, 2011 at 71 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Andrei Sinyavsky
Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, professor of sorbonne university, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997).
Born October 8th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died February 25th, 1997 at 71 years old in Paris.
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