Dead at age 72

1,494 Notable deaths

Idries Shah

Writer and sufi teacher.

Born June 16th, 1924 in Shimla. [ref]

Died November 23rd, 1996 at 72 years old in London. [ref]

Tony Sheridan

British recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician.

Born May 21st, 1940 in Norwich. [ref]

Died February 16th, 2013 at 72 years old in Hamburg. [ref]

Percy Herbert

British actor (1920-1992).

Born July 31st, 1920 in London.

Died December 6th, 1992 at 72 years old in Kent (myocardial infarction).

Roy Chiao

Chinese actor (1927-1999).

Born March 16th, 1927 in Shanghai.

Died April 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Seattle.

Emil Hácha

Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945).

Born July 12th, 1872 in Trhové Sviny. [ref]

Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]

Georg Konrad Morgen

Ss judge and chief investigator, reich criminal police office (1909-1982).

Born June 8th, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.

Died February 4th, 1982 at 72 years old in Frankfurt am Main.

John Howard Davies

English actor, director and producer (1939–2011).

Born March 9th, 1939 in Paddington.

Died August 22nd, 2011 at 72 years old in Blewbury (cancer). [ref]

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere

British newspaper publisher and viscount (1868-1940).

Born April 26th, 1868 in London.

Died November 26th, 1940 at 72 years old in Bermuda.

Eugène Ysaÿe

Belgian violinist, composer and conductor.

Born July 16th, 1858 in Liège. [ref]

Died May 12th, 1931 at 72 years old in City of Brussels (diabetes). [ref]

Buchi Emecheta

Author.

Born July 21st, 1944 in Lagos.

Died January 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in United Kingdom, London (stroke). [ref]

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