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Dead at age 72
1,970 Notable deaths
Milan Kymlicka
Czechoslovakian and canadian arranger, composer and conductor (1936–2008).
Died October 10th, 2008 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Lee Moran
American actor, director, screenwriter (1888-1961).
Born June 23rd, 1888 in Chicago.
Died April 24th, 1961 at 72 years old in Woodland Hills.
Leslie Knighton
English football manager (1887-1959).
Born March 15th, 1887 in Derbyshire.
Died May 10th, 1959 at 72 years old in Bournemouth.
Táňa Fischerová
Czech actress (1947-2019).
Born June 6th, 1947 in Prague.
Died December 25th, 2019 at 72 years old in Čerčany (cancer). [ref]
Hrant Shahinyan
Soviet armenian artistic gymnast (1923–1996).
Born July 30th, 1923 in Gyulagarak.
Died May 29th, 1996 at 72 years old in Yerevan.
Ossian Bonnet
French mathematician (1819–1892).
Born December 22nd, 1819 in Montpellier. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1892 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jean-Delphin Alard
French musician (1815–1888).
Born March 8th, 1815 in Bayonne.
Died February 22nd, 1888 at 72 years old in rue Christophe-Colomb (stroke).
Alice Middleton Boring
American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist (1883-1955).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died September 18th, 1955 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
Marie Hall
British violinist (1884–1956).
Born April 8th, 1884 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died November 11th, 1956 at 72 years old in Cheltenham.
Deaths 1181 to 1190 of 1970
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran