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Dead at age 71
1,403 Notable deaths
Pjetër Arbnori
Albanian politician (1935-2006).
Born January 18th, 1935 in Durrës.
Died July 8th, 2006 at 71 years old in Naples (cardiovascular disease).
Martin Wagner
German architect (1885-1957).
Born November 5th, 1885 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1957 at 71 years old in Cambridge.
Robert F. Young
American writer (1915-1986).
Born June 8th, 1915 in Chautauqua County.
Died June 22nd, 1986 at 71 years old in New York.
Edgar Anderson
American botanist (1897-1969).
Born November 9th, 1897 in Forestville.
Died June 18th, 1969 at 71 years old in St. Louis.
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
American chemist (1877–1948).
Born January 10th, 1877 in Oakland.
Died November 16th, 1948 at 71 years old in Berkeley.
Yevsevii Mandychesvky
Austrian musician (1857-1929).
Born August 18th, 1857 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1929 at 71 years old in Sulz. [ref]
Biswamoy Biswas
Indian ornithologist.
Born June 2nd, 1923 in Kolkata.
Died August 10th, 1994 at 71 years old
Hans-Joachim Schoeps
German historian and academic (1909-1980).
Born January 30th, 1909 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1980 at 71 years old in Erlangen. [ref]
Fathi Arafat
Palestinian physician (1933–2004).
Born January 11th, 1933 in Cairo.
Died December 1st, 2004 at 71 years old in Cairo (stomach cancer). [ref]
Friedrich Torberg
Czech publicist and writer (1908-1979).
Born September 16th, 1908 in Vienna.
Died November 10th, 1979 at 71 years old in Vienna.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner