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Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
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).
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.
Pinchas Lavon
Israeli politician (1904–1976).
Born July 12th, 1904 in Kopychyntsi. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1976 at 71 years old in Tel Aviv.
José Miró Cardona
Cuban politician (1902-1972).
Born August 22nd, 1902 in Havana.
Died August 10th, 1974 at 71 years old in San Juan.
Jiří Bělohlávek
Czech conductor (1946-2017).
Born February 24th, 1946 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2017 at 71 years old in Prague (cancer). [ref]
Vicente Rojo Lluch
Spanish general (1894–1966).
Born October 8th, 1894 in La Font de la Figuera. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1966 at 71 years old in Madrid.
Daniel Alomía Robles
Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist (1871–1942).
Born January 3rd, 1871 in Huánuco.
Died July 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in Lima (sepsis).
Larry Siegfried
American basketball player (1939-2010).
Born May 22nd, 1939 in Shelby.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 71 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Palmer
American novelist (1942–2013).
Born October 9th, 1942 in Springfield.
Died October 30th, 2013 at 71 years old in New York City, Queens (stroke, myocardial infarction).
Älihan Bökeihan
Kazakh statesman, politician, publicist, teacher, writer and environmental scientist who was a founder and led the alash party (1866–1937).
Died September 27th, 1937 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 601 to 610 of 1928
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld