Dead at age 72
1,473 Notable deaths
Amadou Toumani Touré
Malian soldier and politician.
Born November 4th, 1948 in Mopti.
Died November 9th, 2020 at 72 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
British politician (1864-1937).
Born July 18th, 1864 in Cowling. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1937 at 72 years old in Tilford. [ref]
Waldo Salt
American screenwriter (1914-1987).
Born October 18th, 1914 in Chicago.
Died March 7th, 1987 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Jean-Louis Gasset
French association football coach and player.
Born December 9th, 1953 in Montpellier.
Died December 26th, 2025 at 72 years old in Saint-Georges-d'Orques. [ref]
Maurice Denis
French painter (1870–1943).
Born November 25th, 1870 in Granville.
Died November 13th, 1943 at 72 years old in Hôpital Cochin (struck by vehicle).
Walter M. Miller
American fiction writer (1923–1996).
Born January 23rd, 1923 in New Smyrna Beach.
Died January 9th, 1996 at 72 years old in Daytona Beach.
Daniel Woodrell
American novelist.
Born March 4th, 1953 in Springfield.
Died November 28th, 2025 at 72 years old in West Plains (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Verner Panton
Danish furniture designer.
Born February 13th, 1926 in Brahesborg. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1998 at 72 years old in Copenhagen. [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]
Charles Clyde Ebbets
American photographer.
Born August 18th, 1905 in Gadsden.
Died July 14th, 1978 at 72 years old in Miami (cancer).
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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller