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Dead at age 72
1,969 Notable deaths
Edward Okuń
Polish painter (1872-1945).
Born September 21st, 1872 in Warsaw.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 72 years old in Skierniewice.
Gustav Herglotz
German mathematician (*1881 – †1953).
Born February 2nd, 1881 in Volary.
Died March 22nd, 1953 at 72 years old in Göttingen.
Friedrich Delitzsch
German assyriologist (1850-1922).
Born September 3rd, 1850 in Erlangen.
Died December 19th, 1922 at 72 years old in Bad Schwalbach.
Nikolai Chernykh
Soviet and ukrainian astronomer.
Born October 6th, 1931 in Usman.
Died May 25th, 2004 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]
William Henry Chamberlin
American historian and journalist (1897-1969).
Born February 17th, 1897 in Brooklyn.
Died September 12th, 1969 at 72 years old in St. Moritz.
Giorgio de Santillana
American historian and philosopher.
Died June 8th, 1974 at 72 years old in Beverly.
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
16th prime minister of norway (1870–1943).
Born October 22nd, 1870 in Bergen.
Died September 30th, 1943 at 72 years old in New York City.
Louis Napoléon Lannes
French diplomat and politician (1801-1874).
Born July 30th, 1801 in Paris.
Died July 18th, 1874 at 72 years old in Paris.
Blagoje Vidinić
Macedonian footballer (1934–2006).
Born June 11th, 1934 in Skopje. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2006 at 72 years old in Strasbourg.
Edgar Buckingham
American physicist (1867–1940).
Born July 8th, 1867 in Philadelphia.
Died April 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 961 to 970 of 1969
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine