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Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist.
Born October 30th, 1928 in Wilmington.
Died November 16th, 1999 at 71 years old in Baltimore.
Ivan Vazov
Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921).
Born July 9th, 1850 in Sopot. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1921 at 71 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Edwin Arnold
English poet and journalist (1832–1904).
Born June 10th, 1832 in Gravesend.
Died March 24th, 1904 at 71 years old in London.
Fritz von Opel
German engineer (1899–1971).
Born May 4th, 1899 in Rüsselsheim am Main. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1971 at 71 years old in Samedan. [ref]
O. G. S. Crawford
British archaeologist (1886-1957).
Born October 28th, 1886 in Mumbai.
Died November 28th, 1957 at 71 years old in Nursling.
Hans Evers
German actor and writer (1871–1943).
Born November 3rd, 1871 in Düsseldorf.
Died June 12th, 1943 at 71 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
Elwell Stephen Otis
Union army general (1838–1909).
Born March 25th, 1838 in Frederick. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1909 at 71 years old in Rochester (angina pectoris). [ref]
Johann Jakob Bachofen
Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887).
Born December 22nd, 1815 in Basel.
Died November 25th, 1887 at 71 years old in Basel.
Vincent Arthur Smith
Irish historian and indologist (1843–1920).
Born June 3rd, 1848 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1920 at 71 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Carol Leigh
American artist and activist and sex workers' rights activist (1951–2022).
Born January 11th, 1951 in New York City.
Died November 16th, 2022 at 71 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Deaths 541 to 550 of 1928
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir