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Dead at age 72
1,958 Notable deaths
Ford Madox Brown
British painter (1821–1893).
Born April 16th, 1821 in Calais.
Died October 11th, 1893 at 72 years old in London.
Steve Brodie
American actor (1919-1992).
Born November 21st, 1919 in El Dorado.
Died January 9th, 1992 at 72 years old in West Hills (cancer).
Fontella Bass
American singer (1940–2012).
Born July 3rd, 1940 in St. Louis.
Died December 26th, 2012 at 72 years old in St. Louis (myocardial infarction).
Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
American engineer, coiner of murphy's law (1918–1990).
Born January 11th, 1918 in Panama Canal Zone.
Died July 17th, 1990 at 72 years old in New York City.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dutch physicist, nobel prize winner (1853-1926).
Born September 21st, 1853 in Groningen.
Died February 21st, 1926 at 72 years old in Leiden.
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]
Emily Murphy
Canadian judge (1868–1933).
Born March 14th, 1868 in London.
Died October 17th, 1940 at 72 years old in Canada. [ref]
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist (1944–2017).
Born December 16th, 1944 in Port Chester. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Cortland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harishankar Parsai
Indian writer (1922–1995).
Born August 22nd, 1922 in Narmadapuram district.
Died August 10th, 1995 at 72 years old in Jabalpur.
Rupert Hine
British rock musician and producer (1947-2020).
Born September 21st, 1947 in London.
Died June 4th, 2020 at 72 years old in Wiltshire (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 1958
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