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Dead at age 72
1,337 Notable deaths
Will Ryan
American voice actor.
Born May 21st, 1949 in San Francisco.
Died November 19th, 2021 at 72 years old in Santa Monica.
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war.
Born January 30th, 1926 in Zvorkovo.
Died August 19th, 1998 at 72 years old in Zheleznodorozhny (kidney cancer).
Philip Ahn
Korean-american actor (1905-1978).
Born March 29th, 1905 in Los Angeles.
Died February 28th, 1978 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications).
Tisa Farrow
American actress.
Born July 22nd, 1951 in Los Angeles.
Died January 10th, 2024 at 72 years old [ref]
Harry Beck
British technical draftsman and graphic designer.
Born June 4th, 1902 in Leyton. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1974 at 72 years old in Southampton. [ref]
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994).
Born April 8th, 1922 in New York City, Harlem.
Died November 10th, 1994 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]
Wyndham Lewis
English painter, writer and critic (1882-1957).
Born November 18th, 1884 in Amherst. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1957 at 72 years old in London. [ref]
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist.
Born June 7th, 1914 in Panipat. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1987 at 72 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Princess Christina of the Netherlands
Dutch princess (1947-2019).
Born February 18th, 1947 in Soestdijk Palace. [ref]
Died August 16th, 2019 at 72 years old in Noordeinde Palace (bone cancer). [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid