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Dead at age 72
1,337 Notable deaths
Harry Browne
American writer and politician.
Born June 17th, 1933 in New York City.
Died March 1st, 2006 at 72 years old in Franklin (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Walter Alston
American baseball player (1911-1984).
Born December 1st, 1911 in Venice Township.
Died October 1st, 1984 at 72 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction).
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dutch physicist, nobel prize winner (1853-1926).
Born September 21st, 1853 in Groningen. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1926 at 72 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945).
Born July 12th, 1872 in Trhové Sviny. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]
Florence Kelley
American activist (1859–1932).
Born September 12th, 1859 in Philadelphia.
Died February 17th, 1932 at 72 years old in Philadelphia.
Fontella Bass
American singer.
Born July 3rd, 1940 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2012 at 72 years old in St. Louis (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Georg Konrad Morgen
Ss judge and chief investigator, reich criminal police office (1909-1982).
Born June 8th, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died February 4th, 1982 at 72 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Steve Brodie
American actor (1919-1992).
Born November 21st, 1919 in El Dorado. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1992 at 72 years old in West Hills (cancer). [ref]
William Arthur Ward
American writer.
Born December 17th, 1921 in Louisiana.
Died March 30th, 1994 at 72 years old
Vladimir Arnold
Russian mathematician who studied integrable systems and differential equations (1937–2010).
Born June 12th, 1937 in Odesa. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2010 at 72 years old in Paris (peritonitis). [ref]
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