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Dead at age 72
1,970 Notable deaths
Maxime Du Camp
French photographer and writer (1822–1894).
Born February 8th, 1822 in Paris.
Died February 9th, 1894 at 72 years old in Baden-Baden.
William Benjamin Carpenter
English biologist (1813–1885).
Born October 29th, 1813 in Exeter.
Died November 19th, 1885 at 72 years old in London.
Ramón Blanco y Erenas
Spanish colonial governor, general of spain.
Born May 15th, 1833 in San Sebastián. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1906 at 72 years old in Madrid.
Martha Sleeper
Actress (1910-1983).
Born June 24th, 1910 in Lake Bluff.
Died March 25th, 1983 at 72 years old in Beaufort (disease).
Willy Fritsch
German-silesian actor (1901-1973).
Born January 27th, 1901 in Katowice.
Died July 13th, 1973 at 72 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mark Jones
American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer.
Born January 17th, 1953 in Los Angeles.
Died January 16th, 2026 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Samuil Feinberg
Russian pianist and composer (1890–1962).
Died October 22nd, 1962 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Sorapong Chatree
Thai actor.
Born December 8th, 1949 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2022 at 72 years old in Bangkok.
Thanos Mikroutsikos
Greek composer and politician (1947–2019).
Born April 13th, 1947 in Patras.
Died December 28th, 2019 at 72 years old in Athens (lung cancer). [ref]
Zhuang Zedong
Chinese table tennis player (1940-2013).
Born August 7th, 1940 in Yangzhou.
Died February 10th, 2013 at 72 years old in Beijing (liver cancer).
Deaths 741 to 750 of 1970
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