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Dead at age 72
1,339 Notable deaths
V. P. Menon
Indian civil servant (1893-1965).
Born September 30th, 1893 in Kerala.
Died December 31st, 1965 at 72 years old in Jabalpur.
Idries Shah
Writer and sufi teacher.
Born June 16th, 1924 in Shimla. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1996 at 72 years old in London. [ref]
Tony Sheridan
British recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician.
Born May 21st, 1940 in Norwich. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2013 at 72 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Percy Herbert
British actor (1920-1992).
Born July 31st, 1920 in London.
Died December 6th, 1992 at 72 years old in Kent (myocardial infarction).
Alberto Korda
Cuban photographer.
Born September 14th, 1928 in Havana. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2001 at 72 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Russian diplomat (1938-2010).
Born April 9th, 1938 in Saraktashsky District.
Died November 3rd, 2010 at 72 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Philip Agee
Former cia agent; author; expatriate american (1935-2008).
Born July 19th, 1935 in Tacoma.
Died January 7th, 2008 at 72 years old in Havana (ulcer). [ref]
Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor.
Born July 16th, 1858 in Liège. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1931 at 72 years old in City of Brussels (diabetes). [ref]
Roy Chiao
Hong kong actor.
Born March 16th, 1927 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1999 at 72 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Noreen Corcoran
American actress and dancer (1943-2016).
Born October 20th, 1943 in Quincy.
Died January 15th, 2016 at 72 years old in Van Nuys.
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid