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Dead at age 72
1,964 Notable deaths
Anton Zwerina
Austrian weightlifter.
Born June 7th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died May 19th, 1973 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Adolphe Bousquet
French rugby union player (1899–1972).
Born August 14th, 1899 in Maraussan.
Died March 17th, 1972 at 72 years old in Béziers.
Abla al-Kahlawi
Dean at the faculty of islamic and arabic studies at the women's college of al-azhar university in port said, egypt (1948-2021).
Born December 15th, 1948 in Cairo.
Died January 24th, 2021 at 72 years old in Cairo (COVID-19).
Victor Antoine Signoret
French entomologist (1816–1889).
Born April 6th, 1816 in Paris.
Died April 3rd, 1889 at 72 years old in Paris.
Harold Fraser
Amateur golfer (1872-1945).
Born October 26th, 1872 in Woodstock.
Died January 4th, 1945 at 72 years old in Ottawa Hills.
Harry Steel
Olympic medalist in wrestling (1899-1971).
Born April 18th, 1899 in Sparta.
Died October 8th, 1971 at 72 years old in London.
Franco Tognini
Gymnast.
Born October 28th, 1907 in Monza.
Died April 27th, 1980 at 72 years old in Monza.
Leif Wikström
Sailor (1918–1991).
Born August 18th, 1918 in Lysekil.
Died January 27th, 1991 at 72 years old in Lysekil Municipality.
Jaroslav Konečný
Czechoslovak handball player (1945-2017).
Born January 14th, 1945 in Měnín.
Died August 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Újezd u Brna. [ref]
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Russian composer (1907-1979).
Born April 25th, 1907 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 2nd, 1979 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Deaths 1871 to 1880 of 1964
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