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Dead at age 71
1,928 Notable deaths
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
Lithuanian writer (1882-1954).
Born October 19th, 1882 in Subartonys.
Died July 17th, 1954 at 71 years old in Broomall.
Josip Filipović
Croatian-austrian army officer (1818–1889).
Born April 28th, 1818 in Gospić.
Died August 6th, 1889 at 71 years old in Prague.
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]
George Henry Boughton
English artist (1833-1905).
Born December 4th, 1833 in Norwich.
Died January 21st, 1905 at 71 years old in West House (heart disease).
Maurice Cornforth
British marxist philosopher (1909–1980).
Born October 28th, 1909 in London, Willesden.
Died December 31st, 1980 at 71 years old in London, Islington.
William Desmond
American actor (1878–1949).
Born January 23rd, 1878 in Dublin.
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Enriqueta Basilio
Mexican athlete (1948–2019).
Born July 15th, 1948 in Mexicali.
Died October 26th, 2019 at 71 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia). [ref]
Grigory Levenfish
Soviet chess player (1889–1961).
Born March 9th, 1889 in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Died February 9th, 1961 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
T. F. O'Rahilly
Irish linguist (1882–1953).
Born November 11th, 1882 in Listowel. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1953 at 71 years old in Dublin.
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.
Deaths 921 to 930 of 1928
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young