Dead at age 72

1,497 Notable deaths

Martha Sleeper

Actress (1910-1983).

Born June 24th, 1910 in Lake Bluff.

Died March 25th, 1983 at 72 years old in Beaufort (disease). [ref]

Willy Fritsch

German-silesian actor (1901-1973).

Born January 27th, 1901 in Katowice.

Died July 13th, 1973 at 72 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Mark Jones

American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer.

Born January 17th, 1953 in Los Angeles.

Died January 16th, 2026 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Samuil Feinberg

Russian pianist and composer.

Born May 26th, 1890 in Odesa. [ref]

Died October 22nd, 1962 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Sorapong Chatree

Thai actor.

Born December 8th, 1949 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. [ref]

Died March 10th, 2022 at 72 years old in Bangkok.

Thanos Mikroutsikos

Greek musician (1947-2019).

Born April 13th, 1947 in Patras.

Died December 28th, 2019 at 72 years old in Athens (lung cancer). [ref]

Zhuang Zedong

Chinese table tennis player (1940-2013).

Born August 7th, 1940 in Yangzhou.

Died February 10th, 2013 at 72 years old in Beijing (liver cancer).

Vladas Mironas

Lithuanian politician.

Born June 22nd, 1880 in Kuodiškiai.

Died February 18th, 1953 at 72 years old in Vladimir Central Prison (stroke). [ref]

Daniel Fignolé

Labor leader, briefly president of haiti (1913-1986).

Born November 11th, 1913 in Pestel.

Died August 27th, 1986 at 72 years old in Port-au-Prince (prostate cancer).

Josef Krips

Austrian musician (1902-1974).

Born April 8th, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]

Died October 13th, 1974 at 72 years old in Geneva. [ref]

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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte