Dead at age 72
1,969 Notable deaths
Helen Mack
American actress (1913-1986).
Born November 12th, 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 (1869–1941).
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]
Chic Young
American comic strip cartoonist (1901-1973).
Born January 9th, 1901 in Chicago.
Died March 14th, 1973 at 72 years old in St. Petersburg.
Pierre-Jean De Smet
Jesuit priest and missionary (1801–1873).
Born January 30th, 1801 in Dendermonde.
Died May 23rd, 1873 at 72 years old in St. Louis.
Albert Marquet
French painter (1875-1947).
Born March 27th, 1875 in Bordeaux.
Died June 14th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (prostate cancer).
Edward Johnston
British craftsman, calligrapher and typographer (1872–1944).
Born February 11th, 1872.
Died November 26th, 1944 at 72 years old in Ditchling.
Irna Phillips
American screenwriter and actress (1901–1973).
Born July 1st, 1901 in Chicago.
Died December 23rd, 1973 at 72 years old in Chicago.
Ann Jarvis
American activist (1832–1905).
Born September 30th, 1832 in Virginia.
Died May 9th, 1905 at 72 years old in Philadelphia.
Deaths 521 to 530 of 1969
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir