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Dead at age 71

1,928 Notable deaths

Pit Corder

Language scholar from england (1918-1990).

Born October 6th, 1918 in York.

Died January 27th, 1990 at 71 years old in Braithwaite.

Matilde Serao

Italian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927).

Born March 7th, 1856 in Patras.

Died July 26th, 1927 at 71 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction).

Heinrich Pesch

German economist (1854-1926).

Born September 17th, 1854 in Cologne.

Died April 1st, 1926 at 71 years old in Valkenburg aan de Geul.

Pier Giorgio Perotto

Italian engineer (1930-2002).

Born December 24th, 1930 in Turin.

Died January 23rd, 2002 at 71 years old in Genoa.

Jonathan Williams

British racing driver.

Born October 26th, 1942 in Cairo.

Died August 31st, 2014 at 71 years old in Spain. [ref]

Urmila Singh

Governor of the indian state of himachal pradesh (b.1946-d.2018).

Born August 6th, 1946.

Died May 29th, 2018 at 71 years old in Indore.

Walt Kuhn

American painter (1877-1949).

Born October 27th, 1877 in Brooklyn.

Died July 13th, 1949 at 71 years old in White Plains (ulcer).

František Kriegel

Czech politician and doctor (1908-1979).

Born April 10th, 1908 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 1979 at 71 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction).

Arthur Dinter

German writer, botanist and nazi politician (1876–1948).

Born June 27th, 1876 in Mulhouse.

Died June 21st, 1948 at 71 years old in Offenburg.

Carl Eckart

American physicist (1902-1973).

Born May 4th, 1902 in St. Louis.

Died October 23rd, 1973 at 71 years old in La Jolla.

Deaths 911 to 920 of 1928

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht