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Dead at age 71
1,309 Notable deaths
Café Filho
President of brazil (1899-1970).
Born February 3rd, 1899 in Natal.
Died February 20th, 1970 at 71 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Vicente Rojo Lluch
Spanish general.
Born October 8th, 1894 in La Font de la Figuera.
Died June 15th, 1966 at 71 years old in Madrid.
Salchak Toka
Tuvan politician (1901-1973).
Born December 15th, 1901 in Saryg-Sep.
Died May 11th, 1973 at 71 years old in Kyzyl.
István Bethlen
Hungarian politician (1874-1946).
Born October 8th, 1874 in Gornești. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
John Tooby
American anthropologist.
Born July 26th, 1952 in Saint Paul.
Died November 9th, 2023 at 71 years old [ref]
Jacobus Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the milky way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922).
Born January 19th, 1851 in Barneveld, Utrecht. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1922 at 71 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Bernard Fresson
Actor (1931-2002).
Born May 27th, 1931 in Reims. [ref]
Died October 20th, 2002 at 71 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Te Rangi Hīroa
Māori leader, physician, politician and anthropologist (1877–1951).
Born August 15th, 1880 in Urenui. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1951 at 71 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Wincenty Witos
Polish politician, three times the prime minister of poland.
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Wierzchosławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Died October 31st, 1945 at 71 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
British politician and colonial administrator (1876-1947).
Born August 9th, 1876 in Shimla. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1947 at 71 years old in Exeter. [ref]
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