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Dead at age 72
1,960 Notable deaths
Ronnie Allen
English football player and manager (1929–2001).
Born January 15th, 1929 in Fenton.
Died June 9th, 2001 at 72 years old in Great Wyrley (Alzheimer's disease).
Rex Beach
Author and water polo player (1877-1949).
Born September 1st, 1877 in Antrim County. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1949 at 72 years old in Sebring. [ref]
Henri Delaunay
French football administrator (1883-1955).
Born June 15th, 1883 in Paris.
Died November 9th, 1955 at 72 years old in Paris.
Nathan Birnbaum
Austrian philosopher (1864-1937).
Born May 16th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died April 2nd, 1937 at 72 years old in Scheveningen.
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Russian physician (1927-2000).
Born August 8th, 1927 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died June 2nd, 2000 at 72 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Pauline Therese of Württemberg
Queen of wurttemberg (1800-1873).
Born September 4th, 1800 in Riga.
Died March 10th, 1873 at 72 years old in Stuttgart.
Maude Abbott
Canadian physician (1868–1940).
Born March 18th, 1868 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 72 years old in Montreal (cerebral hemorrhage).
Tarjei Vesaas
Norwegian author (1897–1970).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Vinje.
Died March 15th, 1970 at 72 years old in Rikshospitalet.
Duke Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
Monarch of anhalt (1831-1904).
Born April 29th, 1831 in Dessau.
Died January 24th, 1904 at 72 years old in Ballenstedt.
Deaths 671 to 680 of 1960
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