Dead at age 72
1,960 Notable deaths
John Shumate
American basketball player-coach.
Born April 6th, 1952 in Greenville.
Died February 3rd, 2025 at 72 years old [ref]
Ernst Deutsch
Austrian actor (1890–1969).
Born September 16th, 1896 in Prague.
Died March 22nd, 1969 at 72 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
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 (1886–1959).
Born June 29th, 1886 in Butler.
Died April 27th, 1959 at 72 years old in Tallahassee.
Joseph B. Kershaw
Confederate army general (1822-1894).
Born January 5th, 1822 in Camden.
Died April 13th, 1894 at 72 years old in South Carolina.
Alexander Winton
British automotive pioneer (1860–1932).
Born June 20th, 1860 in Grangemouth.
Died June 21st, 1932 at 72 years old in Cleveland.
Prince Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden
German prince (1891–1964).
Born August 30th, 1891 in Heiligendamm.
Died April 3rd, 1964 at 72 years old in Tübingen.
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.
Fahmida Riaz
Pakistani urdu writer, poet, feminist (1946-2018).
Born July 28th, 1946 in Meerut. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2018 at 72 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Henry Kolker
American actor and film director (1870-1947).
Born November 13th, 1874 in Quincy.
Died July 15th, 1947 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 701 to 710 of 1960
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace