Dead at age 72
1,475 Notable deaths
Rolland Courbis
French football player and manager.
Born August 12th, 1953 in Marseille.
Died January 12th, 2026 at 72 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Wilhelm Batz
German world war ii fighter pilot (1916-1988).
Born May 21st, 1916 in Bamberg.
Died September 11th, 1988 at 72 years old in Ebern.
John Shumate
American basketball player-coach.
Born April 6th, 1952 in Greenville.
Died February 3rd, 2025 at 72 years old [ref]
Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
Indian activist (1902-1975).
Born November 15th, 1902 in Chhatrapur.
Died July 26th, 1975 at 72 years old in Vijayawada.
William Fielding Ogburn
American sociologist.
Born June 29th, 1886 in Butler.
Died April 27th, 1959 at 72 years old in Tallahassee.
Alexander Winton
British automotive pioneer.
Born June 20th, 1860 in Grangemouth.
Died June 21st, 1932 at 72 years old in Cleveland.
James Collip
Canadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965).
Born November 20th, 1892 in Belleville. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1965 at 72 years old in London.
Alexander Mosolov
Russian futurist composer.
Born August 11th, 1900 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1973 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Jean Bethke Elshtain
American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual (1941–2013).
Born January 6th, 1941 in Windsor.
Died August 11th, 2013 at 72 years old in Nashville (heart failure).
Eduardo Scarpetta
Italian actor and playwright (1853–1925).
Born March 13th, 1853 in Naples.
Died November 29th, 1925 at 72 years old in Naples. [ref]
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr