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Dead at age 72
1,960 Notable deaths
Mamo Clark
American actress (1914-1986).
Born December 6th, 1914 in Honolulu.
Died December 18th, 1986 at 72 years old in Panorama City (cancer).
Amelia Peláez
Cuban artist (1896-1968).
Born January 5th, 1896 in Yaguajay.
Died April 8th, 1968 at 72 years old in Havana.
György Klapka
Hungarian military officer, politician (1820–1892).
Born April 7th, 1820 in Timișoara.
Died May 17th, 1892 at 72 years old in Budapest.
María Luisa Alcalá
Mexican actress.
Born March 26th, 1943 in Mexico City.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 72 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Fayez al-Tarawneh
Jordanian politician (1949-2021).
Died December 15th, 2021 at 72 years old in Amman (cancer). [ref]
Adolf Jellinek
Czech rabbi (1821–1893).
Born June 26th, 1821 in Drslavice.
Died December 28th, 1893 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Ivan Puliui
Ukrainian physicist (1845–1918).
Born February 2nd, 1845 in Hrymailiv. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1918 at 72 years old in Smíchov (stomach cancer). [ref]
Julius von Payer
Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman (1841-1915).
Born September 2nd, 1842 in Teplice.
Died August 30th, 1915 at 72 years old in Bled (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Seton I. Miller
American screenwriter, film producer (1902–1974).
Born May 3rd, 1902 in Chehalis.
Died May 29th, 1974 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Russian composer (1873–1945).
Born May 3rd, 1873 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux. [ref]
Deaths 841 to 850 of 1960
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