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Dead at age 72
1,344 Notable deaths
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Aboriginal australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for indigenous rights.
Born November 3rd, 1920 in Stradbroke Island.
Died September 16th, 1993 at 72 years old in Altona Meadows.
Francis Ford
Actor, film director (1881-1953).
Born August 14th, 1881 in Portland.
Died September 5th, 1953 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Rob Rensenbrink
Dutch association football player.
Born July 3rd, 1947 in Amsterdam.
Died January 24th, 2020 at 72 years old in Amsterdam (progressive muscular atrophy). [ref]
George Pal
Hungarian-american film director (1908—1980).
Born February 1st, 1908 in Cegléd. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1980 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
James Brown
American film and tv actor, born 1920.
Born March 22nd, 1920 in Desdemona. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1992 at 72 years old in Woodland Hills (lung cancer). [ref]
Rupert Hine
British singer (1947-2020).
Born September 21st, 1947 in London.
Died June 4th, 2020 at 72 years old in Wiltshire (cancer). [ref]
Zienia Merton
British actress (1945-2018).
Born December 11th, 1945 in Rakhine State.
Died September 14th, 2018 at 72 years old [ref]
Jean Toomer
American poet and novelist.
Born December 26th, 1894 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1967 at 72 years old in Doylestown. [ref]
Mirza Nasir Ahmad
Caliph of the ahmadiyya.
Born November 16th, 1909 in Qadian.
Died June 9th, 1982 at 72 years old in Islamabad.
Kim Larsen
Danish musician (1945-2018).
Born October 23rd, 1945 in Copenhagen.
Died September 30th, 2018 at 72 years old in Odense (prostate cancer). [ref]
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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø