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Dead at age 72
1,340 Notable deaths
Jüri Jaakson
Estonian politician.
Born January 16th, 1870 in Saarepeedi Rural Municipality.
Died April 20th, 1942 at 72 years old in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Witmer Stone
American ornithologist (1866-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1866 in Philadelphia.
Died May 23rd, 1939 at 72 years old in Philadelphia.
Jenő Fuchs
Hungarian fencer.
Born October 29th, 1882 in Budapest.
Died March 14th, 1955 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Edward Flynn
American boxer.
Born October 25th, 1909 in New Orleans.
Died October 14th, 1982 at 72 years old in Tampa.
Joseph Samuel Bloch
Austro-hungarian politician and rabbi (1850-1923).
Born November 20th, 1850 in Dukla.
Died October 1st, 1923 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Ruben Kun
President of nauru (1942-2014).
Born March 30th, 1942 in Nauru.
Died September 21st, 2014 at 72 years old [ref]
Mohammed Hazzaz
Moroccan footballer (1945-2018).
Born November 30th, 1945 in Morocco.
Died January 13th, 2018 at 72 years old in Fez. [ref]
Maria Vinogradova
Russian actress (1922-1995).
Born July 13th, 1922 in Navoloki.
Died July 2nd, 1995 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Emiliyan Stanev
Bulgarian writer (1907-1979).
Born February 28th, 1907 in Veliko Tarnovo. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1979 at 72 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Wallis Grahn
Actress (1945-2018).
Born February 13th, 1945 in Stockholm.
Died January 18th, 2018 at 72 years old in Stockholm.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir