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Dead at age 72
1,958 Notable deaths
Paul Cohen
American mathematician.
Born April 2nd, 1934 in Long Branch.
Died March 23rd, 2007 at 72 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
B. V. Karanth
Indian theatre personality, film director (1929–2002).
Born September 19th, 1929 in Dakshina Kannada district.
Died September 1st, 2002 at 72 years old in Bengaluru.
Meša Selimović
Yugoslavian writer.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Tuzla. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1982 at 72 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Michael Lippert
Ss officer (1897-1969).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Schönwald.
Died September 1st, 1969 at 72 years old in Wuppertal.
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer (1895-1967).
Born April 29th, 1895 in Ashford.
Died October 3rd, 1967 at 72 years old in London (pancreatic cancer).
Charles Garnier
French architect (1825–1898).
Born November 6th, 1825 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1898 at 72 years old in Paris.
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
Field marshal and military writer (1843-1916).
Born August 12th, 1843 in Polessk.
Died April 19th, 1916 at 72 years old in Baghdad (tuberculosis, typhus).
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.
Died May 15th, 1937 at 72 years old in Tilford.
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).
Deaths 401 to 410 of 1958
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