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Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
Herk Harvey
American actor and director (1924-1996).
Born June 3rd, 1924 in Fort Collins.
Died April 3rd, 1996 at 71 years old in Lawrence (pancreatic cancer).
Othmar Spann
Austrian philosopher (1878-1950).
Born October 1st, 1878 in Altmannsdorf.
Died July 8th, 1950 at 71 years old in Neustift bei Schlaining.
Edward Yourdon
American software engineer and pioneer in the software engineering methodology (1944-2016).
Born April 30th, 1944.
Died January 20th, 2016 at 71 years old
Ken Ogata
Japanese actor (1937–2008).
Born July 20th, 1937 in Ushigome-ku.
Died October 5th, 2008 at 71 years old in Mibu (liver cancer). [ref]
James Strong
American theologian (1822–1894).
Born August 14th, 1822 in New York City.
Died August 7th, 1894 at 71 years old in Saratoga County.
Johann Ludwig Krapf
German missionary and explorer (1810-1881).
Born January 11th, 1810 in Tübingen.
Died November 26th, 1881 at 71 years old in Korntal-Münchingen (malaria).
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Polish composer (1953—2024).
Born April 29th, 1953 in Konin.
Died May 21st, 2024 at 71 years old in Kraków (multiple system atrophy). [ref]
Alexander Duff
Scottish christian missionary in india (1806–1878).
Born April 15th, 1806 in Pitlochry, Perthshire.
Died February 12th, 1878 at 71 years old in Edinburgh.
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016).
Born August 2nd, 1944 in Recife.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 71 years old in Recife (lung cancer). [ref]
Efua Theodora Sutherland
Ghanaian writer (1924-1996).
Born June 27th, 1924 in Cape Coast.
Died January 2nd, 1996 at 71 years old in Accra. [ref]
Deaths 501 to 510 of 1928
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