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Dead at age 72
1,968 Notable deaths
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).
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]
Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye
French politician (1811-1883).
Born January 18th, 1811 in former 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1883 at 72 years old in Paris.
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 (1926–1998).
Born February 13th, 1926 in Brahesborg.
Died September 5th, 1998 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
British economist (1944–2017).
Born September 4th, 1944 in Caerleon.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Oxford (bone cancer). [ref]
Charles Clyde Ebbets
American photographer (1905–1978).
Born August 18th, 1905 in Gadsden.
Died July 14th, 1978 at 72 years old in Paris (cancer).
Deaths 411 to 420 of 1968
Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull