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Dead at age 72
1,339 Notable deaths
Jan Tschichold
Graphic designer (1902-1974).
Born May 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1974 at 72 years old in Locarno. [ref]
Conrad Nagel
Actor (1897-1970).
Born March 16th, 1897 in Keokuk. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1970 at 72 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
John Mauchly
American physicist (1907-1980).
Born August 30th, 1907 in Cincinnati.
Died January 8th, 1980 at 72 years old in Ambler.
Goa Gil
American-born musician (1951–2023).
Born October 11th, 1951 in San Francisco.
Died October 26th, 2023 at 72 years old (cancer). [ref]
Anatole Litvak
Soviet film director (1902-1974).
Died December 15th, 1974 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Warda Al-Jazairia
Algerian-egyptian singer (1939-2012).
Born July 22nd, 1939 in Paris.
Died May 17th, 2012 at 72 years old in Cairo (heart failure). [ref]
Hans Bellmer
German artist and photographer (1902-1975).
Born March 13th, 1902 in Katowice. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1975 at 72 years old in Paris (peritonitis). [ref]
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
British economist.
Born September 4th, 1944 in Caerleon.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Oxford (bone cancer). [ref]
Susan Glaspell
American writer (1876-1948).
Born July 1st, 1876 in Davenport. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1948 at 72 years old in Provincetown.
Geoff Nicholls
British guitarist and keyboardist (1944–2017).
Born February 29th, 1944 in Birmingham.
Died January 28th, 2017 at 72 years old (lung cancer).
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Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi