Dead at age 72
1,497 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter (1949–2021).
Born October 3rd, 1949 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 23rd, 2021 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Venko Markovski
Bulgarian and macedonian writer (1915–1988).
Born March 5th, 1915 in Skopje.
Died January 7th, 1988 at 72 years old in Sofia.
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
Iraqi poet (1926–1999).
Born December 19th, 1926 in Baghdad.
Died August 3rd, 1999 at 72 years old in Damascus.
Gerard Tichy
Spanish actor (1920-1992).
Born March 11th, 1920 in Weißenfels.
Died April 11th, 1992 at 72 years old in Madrid.
Ulf Stark
Swedish writer (1944-2017).
Born July 12th, 1944 in Stureby. [ref]
Died June 13th, 2017 at 72 years old in Stockholm (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Lew Kowarski
French physicist (1907-1979).
Born February 23rd, 1907 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 30th, 1979 at 72 years old in Geneva.
Hertha Sponer
German physicist and chemist.
Born September 1st, 1895 in Nysa.
Died February 27th, 1968 at 72 years old in Ilten.
Alan Kelly
Irish footballer and manager (1936-2009).
Born July 5th, 1936 in Dublin.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 72 years old in Rockville (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Ernst von Leyser
German general der infanterie during world war ii (1889–1962).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Steglitz. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1962 at 72 years old in Garstedt.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel