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Dead at age 72
1,340 Notable deaths
Cyriel Buysse
Naturalist author and playwright from flanders, belgium (1859-1932).
Born September 20th, 1859 in Nevele. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1932 at 72 years old in Afsnee. [ref]
Guido Brignone
Italian film director (1886-1959).
Born December 6th, 1886 in Milan. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1959 at 72 years old in Rome. [ref]
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
President of panama, 1928-1931.
Born September 17th, 1872 in Panama City.
Died August 30th, 1945 at 72 years old in New York City.
Hermann von Stein
Prussian ww1 minister of war. (1854-1927).
Born September 13th, 1854 in Wedderstedt.
Died May 26th, 1927 at 72 years old in Kloster Lehnin.
Lya Mara
Star of the german silent cinema.
Born August 1st, 1897 in Riga.
Died November 1st, 1969 at 72 years old in Lausanne.
Joseph Lamb
American composer of ragtime music.
Born December 6th, 1887 in Montclair.
Died September 3rd, 1960 at 72 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction).
David Hampshire
British racing driver (1917-1990).
Born December 29th, 1917 in Derby.
Died August 25th, 1990 at 72 years old in Derbyshire.
Valery Rozhdestvensky
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born February 13th, 1939 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 31st, 2011 at 72 years old in Zvyozdny gorodok.
George Harrison
American swimmer.
Born April 9th, 1939 in Berkeley.
Died October 3rd, 2011 at 72 years old [ref]
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson
Australian botanist (1925-1997).
Born June 26th, 1925 in Cheltenham.
Died August 1st, 1997 at 72 years old in St Leonards (cancer).
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr