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Dead at age 72
1,970 Notable deaths
Duke Dinsmore
Racecar driver (1913-1985).
Born April 10th, 1913 in West Virginia.
Died October 12th, 1985 at 72 years old in Fort Lauderdale.
Ilinka Mitreva
Macedonian politician (1950–2022).
Born February 11th, 1950 in Skopje.
Died August 1st, 2022 at 72 years old in Skopje. [ref]
Bruno Heck
German politician (1917–1989).
Born January 20th, 1917 in Aalen.
Died September 16th, 1989 at 72 years old in Blaubeuren.
Boris Parsadanian
Armenian-estonian composer (1925–1997).
Born May 14th, 1925 in Kislovodsk. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1997 at 72 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Johann Friedrich Höger
German architect (1877-1949).
Born June 12th, 1877 in Elmshorn.
Died June 21st, 1949 at 72 years old in Bad Segeberg.
Witmer Stone
American ornithologist (1866-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1866 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1939 at 72 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Ilarion Ruvarac
Serbian historian (1832–1905).
Born September 1st, 1832 in Sremska Mitrovica.
Died August 8th, 1905 at 72 years old in Grgeteg monastery.
Enzo Siciliano
Italian writer (1934-2006).
Died June 9th, 2006 at 72 years old in Rome (type 2 diabetes). [ref]
Matus Bisnovat
Soviet aircraft and missile designer (1905-1977).
Born October 23rd, 1905 in Nikopol. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1977 at 72 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Tamás Wichmann
Hungarian sprint canoer (1948–2020).
Born February 4th, 1948 in Budapest. [ref]
Died February 12th, 2020 at 72 years old in Budapest (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1411 to 1420 of 1970
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner