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Dead at age 72
1,968 Notable deaths
Charles Keating
English actor (1941-2014).
Born October 22nd, 1941 in London.
Died August 9th, 2014 at 72 years old in Weston (cancer).
Trevor Cherry
English footballer and manager (1948-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1948 in Huddersfield.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 72 years old in Leeds. [ref]
Samuel Baker
British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist (1821–1893).
Born June 8th, 1821 in London. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1893 at 72 years old in Newton Abbot. [ref]
Eric Stanton
American fetish illustrator (1926-1999).
Born September 30th, 1926 in New York City.
Died March 17th, 1999 at 72 years old in New York City.
Joseph Francis Shea
Aerospace engineer (1926-1999).
Born September 5th, 1926 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1999 at 72 years old in Weston.
Ilka Chase
American actress and novelist (1900–1978).
Born April 8th, 1905 in New York City.
Died February 15th, 1978 at 72 years old in Mexico City (disease).
Ulli Lommel
German actor, film director and screenwriter (1944-2017).
Born December 21st, 1944 in Sulęcin.
Died December 2nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure). [ref]
Tien Soeharto
2nd first lady of indonesia (1923–1996).
Born August 23rd, 1923 in Surakarta.
Died April 28th, 1996 at 72 years old in Jakarta (heart failure).
Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia
(1912-1985); only son of prince august wilhelm of prussia and princess alexandra victoria of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg.
Born December 26th, 1912 in Potsdam.
Died June 12th, 1985 at 72 years old in Wiesbaden.
Lila Lee
Prominent screen actress of the silent film era (1901-1973).
Born July 25th, 1901 in Union Hill.
Died November 13th, 1973 at 72 years old in Saranac Lake (stroke).
Deaths 421 to 430 of 1968
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius