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Dead at age 72
1,344 Notable deaths
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]
Fred Ebb
American musical theatre composer (1928-2004).
Born April 8th, 1932 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2004 at 72 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harishankar Parsai
Indian writer.
Born August 22nd, 1922 in Narmadapuram district.
Died August 10th, 1995 at 72 years old in Jabalpur.
Miles Dempsey
British army officer (1896-1969).
Born December 15th, 1896 in Wallasey.
Died June 5th, 1969 at 72 years old in Berkshire (cancer).
Carlo Scarpa
Italian architect.
Born June 2nd, 1906 in Venice. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1978 at 72 years old in Sendai (fall). [ref]
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
British newspaper publisher and viscount (1868-1940).
Born April 26th, 1868 in London.
Died November 26th, 1940 at 72 years old in Bermuda.
Johan Huizinga
Dutch historian (1872-1945).
Born December 7th, 1872 in Groningen. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1945 at 72 years old in De Steeg. [ref]
Leila Hyams
American actress (1905-1977).
Born May 1st, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Bel Air (disease). [ref]
Reynaldo Hahn
Venezuelan, naturalised french, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer.
Born August 9th, 1874 in Caracas. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (brain cancer). [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde