Dead at age 72
1,474 Notable deaths
Marília Pêra
Brazilian actress (1943–2015).
Born January 22nd, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 5th, 2015 at 72 years old in Rio de Janeiro (lung cancer). [ref]
Adoniran Barbosa
Brazilian singer and composer.
Born August 6th, 1910 in Valinhos.
Died November 23rd, 1982 at 72 years old in São Paulo (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Arno
Belgian singer, former frontman of tc matic (1949–2022).
Born May 21st, 1949 in Ostend. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2022 at 72 years old in City of Brussels (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese writer.
Born August 7th, 1923 in Osaka.
Died February 12th, 1996 at 72 years old in Osaka. [ref]
Uzi Narkiss
Israeli general (1925–1997).
Born January 6th, 1925 in Jerusalem.
Died December 17th, 1997 at 72 years old in Jerusalem.
Vasil Kolarov
Bulgarian politician (1877-1950).
Born July 16th, 1877 in Shumen.
Died January 23rd, 1950 at 72 years old in Sofia.
Otto Wernicke
German actor (1893–1965).
Born September 30th, 1893 in Osterode am Harz.
Died November 7th, 1965 at 72 years old in Munich.
W. V. D. Hodge
British mathematician.
Born June 17th, 1903 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1975 at 72 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Alexander Aitken
New zealand mathematician (1895-1967).
Born April 1st, 1895 in Dunedin. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1967 at 72 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Hermann Michel
German ss officer (1912-1984).
Born April 23rd, 1912 in Holzheim.
Died August 8th, 1984 at 72 years old in Egypt.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black