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Dead at age 72
1,474 Notable deaths
Edward Victor Appleton
English physicist.
Born September 6th, 1892 in Bradford.
Died April 21st, 1965 at 72 years old in Edinburgh.
Muhammed Faris
Syrian cosmonaut (1951–2024).
Born May 26th, 1951 in Aleppo.
Died April 19th, 2024 at 72 years old in Gaziantep. [ref]
Valdemar Poulsen
Danish engineer (1869-1942).
Born November 23rd, 1869 in Copenhagen.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 72 years old in Gentofte.
György Cziffra
Hungarian-french virtuoso pianist and composer (1921-1994).
Born November 5th, 1921 in Budapest.
Died January 15th, 1994 at 72 years old in Longpont-sur-Orge.
Steven Gilborn
American actor, educator (1936-2009).
Born July 15th, 1936 in New Rochelle.
Died January 2nd, 2009 at 72 years old in Chatham (cancer). [ref]
Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
4th yang di-pertuan agong.
Born January 24th, 1907 in Kuala Terengganu.
Died September 20th, 1979 at 72 years old in Kuala Terengganu.
Helen Mack
American actress (1913-1986).
Born November 13th, 1913 in Rock Island.
Died August 13th, 1986 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Don Durant
American actor and businessman (1932-2005).
Born November 20th, 1932 in Long Beach.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 72 years old in Monarch Beach, Dana Point, California (leukemia, lymphoma).
Hans Spemann
German embryologist.
Born June 27th, 1869 in Stuttgart.
Died September 12th, 1941 at 72 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Michael Reaves
American writer and screenwriter (1950–2023).
Born September 14th, 1950 in San Bernardino.
Died March 20th, 2023 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche