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Dead at age 71
1,472 Notable deaths
Marcolino Gomes Candau
Brazilian medical doctor (1911-1983).
Born May 30th, 1911 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died January 24th, 1983 at 71 years old in Geneva.
Herbert E. Ives
American physicist (1882-1953).
Born July 31st, 1882 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1953 at 71 years old in Montclair.
Daša Drndić
Croatian writer.
Born August 10th, 1946 in Zagreb.
Died June 5th, 2018 at 71 years old in Rijeka (cancer).
James Krüss
German writer.
Born May 31st, 1926 in Heligoland.
Died August 2nd, 1997 at 71 years old in Gran Canaria.
Alexander Khatisian
Armenian politician (1874–1945).
Born February 17th, 1874 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Rudolf Schock
German tenor.
Born September 4th, 1915 in Duisburg. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1986 at 71 years old in Düren (myocardial infarction).
Addai II Giwargis
Catholicos patriarch of the ancient church of the east.
Born August 1st, 1950 in Baghdad.
Died February 11th, 2022 at 71 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani
Indonesian military person (1932–2004).
Born October 2nd, 1932 in Cepu.
Died August 29th, 2004 at 71 years old in Jakarta (stroke).
Rudolf von Bünau
German general and knight's cross recipients.
Born August 19th, 1890 in Stuttgart.
Died January 14th, 1962 at 71 years old in Kirchheim unter Teck (traffic collision).
Ernesto Schiaparelli
Italian egyptologist (1856-1928).
Born July 12th, 1856 in Occhieppo Inferiore. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1928 at 71 years old in Turin. [ref]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson