Dead at age 72
1,968 Notable deaths
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Austrian noblewoman (1831 - 1903).
Born January 17th, 1831 in Buda.
Died February 14th, 1903 at 72 years old in Albertina (pneumonia).
Carlo Levi
Italian painter, writer, politic and anti-fascist (1902-1975).
Born November 29th, 1902 in Turin.
Died January 4th, 1975 at 72 years old in Rome (pneumonia).
Stella Kübler
Jewish nazi collaborator.
Born July 10th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died October 26th, 1994 at 72 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (venom).
Erwin Piscator
German theatre director (1893–1966).
Born December 17th, 1893 in Greifenstein, Ulm. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1966 at 72 years old in Starnberg.
Machito
Latin jazz musician (1912-1984).
Born February 16th, 1912 in New York City, Havana.
Died April 19th, 1984 at 72 years old in London (stroke).
Kodela Siva Prasad Rao
Indian politician.
Died September 16th, 2019 at 72 years old (hanging to death).
Edward Condon
American physicist (1902-1974).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Alamogordo.
Died March 26th, 1974 at 72 years old in Boulder.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italian composer (1895–1968).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Florence.
Died March 17th, 1968 at 72 years old in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.
Vine Deloria, Jr.
American writer (1933-2005).
Born March 26th, 1933 in Martin.
Died November 13th, 2005 at 72 years old in Golden (aortic dissection). [ref]
Édouard Drumont
French journalist and writer (1844–1917).
Born May 3rd, 1844 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1917 at 72 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 1968
Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte