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Dead at age 72
1,497 Notable deaths
Florine Stettheimer
American painter and designer.
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ruby Laffoon
American politician (1869–1941).
Born January 15th, 1869 in Madisonville.
Died March 1st, 1941 at 72 years old in Madisonville (stroke).
Leon Shamroy
American cinematographer (1901-1974).
Born July 16th, 1901 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1974 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen
Guatemalan president (1996-2000).
Born March 14th, 1946 in Guatemala City.
Died April 27th, 2018 at 72 years old in Guatemala City (myocardial infarction).
Henri Deterding
Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined royal dutch/shell oil company.
Born April 19th, 1866 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1939 at 72 years old in St. Moritz. [ref]
Maria Rohm
Austrian actress.
Born August 13th, 1945 in Vienna.
Died June 18th, 2018 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
John Hawkes
American novelist (1925–1998).
Born August 17th, 1925 in Stamford. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1998 at 72 years old in Providence. [ref]
Šaban Bajramović
Serbian vocalist and recording artist of romani ethnicity.
Born April 16th, 1936 in Niš. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2008 at 72 years old in Niš (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951).
Born June 26th, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 5th, 1951 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Gary Bettenhausen
American racing driver (1941–2014).
Born November 18th, 1941 in Tinley Park.
Died March 16th, 2014 at 72 years old in Monrovia.
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Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare