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Dead at age 72
1,964 Notable deaths
Johan Reinhold Aspelin
Finnish archeologist (1842-1915).
Born August 1st, 1842 in Messukylä.
Died May 29th, 1915 at 72 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Poul Dalsager
Danish politician (1929-2001).
Born March 5th, 1929 in Hirtshals.
Died May 2nd, 2001 at 72 years old in Hjørring.
Daniel Lowey
British tug of war competitor (1878–1951).
Born October 28th, 1878 in Ramsey.
Died April 7th, 1951 at 72 years old in Liverpool.
Ricardo Montero Hernández
Spanish cyclist (1902–1974).
Born July 9th, 1902 in Gemuño.
Died December 19th, 1974 at 72 years old in Valladolid.
Nikolai Efimov
Russian mathematician (1910–1982).
Born May 31st, 1910 in Orenburg.
Died October 16th, 1982 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Marica Nadlišek Bartol
Editor.
Born February 10th, 1867 in Trieste. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1940 at 72 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Eugenija Nikolaevna Alissova-Klobukova
Russian botanist (1889-1962).
Born July 24th, 1889 in Varzi-Yatchi.
Died January 13th, 1962 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Albert Fritz
German bicycle racer and track cyclist (1947–2019).
Born March 30th, 1947 in Jestetten.
Died September 1st, 2019 at 72 years old in Zurich.
Matti Perttilä
Olympic wrestler (1896–1968).
Born January 21st, 1896 in Isokyrö.
Died May 12th, 1968 at 72 years old in Isokyrö.
Andrei Fajt
Soviet actor.
Born August 29th, 1903 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died January 16th, 1976 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 1931 to 1940 of 1964
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