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Dead at age 72
1,336 Notable deaths
Lorne Greene
Canadian actor and musician (1915-1987).
Born February 12th, 1915 in Ottawa. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1987 at 72 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia). [ref]
Gertrude Stein
American author (1874-1946).
Born February 3rd, 1874 in Allegheny. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1946 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (stomach cancer). [ref]
Dusty Hill
American bassist (1949-2021).
Born May 19th, 1949 in Dallas.
Died July 27th, 2021 at 72 years old in Houston. [ref]
John Drew Barrymore
American actor (1932–2004).
Born June 4th, 1932 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died November 29th, 2004 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
K.Kamarajar
Indian politician (1903-1975).
Born July 15th, 1903 in Virudhunagar.
Died October 2nd, 1975 at 72 years old in Chennai.
Larry Fine
American actor, comedian, in the three stooges.
Born October 5th, 1902 in Argentina.
Died January 24th, 1975 at 72 years old in California (stroke).
John Eleuthère du Pont
American heir to the du pont family fortune, ornithologist, conchologist, murderer.
Born November 22nd, 1938 in Philadelphia.
Died December 9th, 2010 at 72 years old in Pennsylvania (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Erich Ludendorff
German army officer and later nazi leader in adolf hitler's beer hall putsch (1865-1937).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Kruszewnia. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1937 at 72 years old in Munich (liver cancer). [ref]
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
Anglo-irish officer in the british army (1852-1925).
Born September 28th, 1852 in Kent.
Died May 22nd, 1925 at 72 years old in Deal (bladder cancer).
Mako
Japanese-american actor (1933-2006).
Born December 10th, 1933 in Kōbe.
Died July 21st, 2006 at 72 years old in Somis (esophageal cancer).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir