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Dead at age 72
1,960 Notable deaths
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).
Vladas Mironas
Lithuanian politician (1880–1953).
Born June 22nd, 1880 in Kuodiškiai.
Died February 18th, 1953 at 72 years old in Vladimir Central Prison (stroke). [ref]
Daniel Fignolé
Labor leader, briefly president of haiti (1913-1986).
Born November 11th, 1913 in Pestel.
Died August 27th, 1986 at 72 years old in Port-au-Prince (prostate cancer).
Josef Krips
Austrian musician (1902-1974).
Born April 8th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 72 years old in Geneva.
August Malmström
Swedish artist (1829-1901).
Born October 14th, 1829 in Västra Ny församling. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1901 at 72 years old in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Walter Kutschmann
German ss officer.
Born May 24th, 1914 in Dresden.
Died August 30th, 1986 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires.
Rose Francine Rogombe
Gabonese politician (1942-2015).
Born September 20th, 1942 in Lambaréné.
Died April 10th, 2015 at 72 years old in Villejuif.
Aleksandr Ptushko
Soviet animation and fantasy film director (1900-1973).
Born April 19th, 1900 in Luhansk.
Died March 6th, 1973 at 72 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 741 to 750 of 1960
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