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Dead at age 73
1,551 Notable deaths
Latifa al-Zayyat
Egyptian activist and writer.
Born August 8th, 1923 in Damietta. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1996 at 73 years old in Cairo (cancer).
Isaac Newton Lewis
American soldier and inventor of the lewis gun (1858–1931).
Born October 12th, 1858 in Pennsylvania.
Died November 9th, 1931 at 73 years old in Hoboken.
Emma Louisa Turner
British ornithologist and photographer (1867-1940).
Born June 9th, 1867 in Langton Green.
Died August 13th, 1940 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Aharon Yariv
Israeli politician.
Born December 20th, 1920 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1994 at 73 years old in Kfar Saba.
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
Turkish politician (1884–1958).
Born December 2nd, 1884 in Skopje.
Died November 2nd, 1958 at 73 years old in Istanbul.
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian conductor, composer, and pianist (1928-2002).
Born September 6th, 1928 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Talaat Harb
Egyptian economist (1867-1941).
Born November 25th, 1867 in Al-Jamāliyah. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1941 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Atsuko Tanaka
Japanese artist (1932–2005).
Born February 10th, 1932 in Osaka.
Died December 3rd, 2005 at 73 years old in Nara, Asuka.
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Italian physician.
Born August 7th, 1863 in Almese.
Died March 15th, 1937 at 73 years old in Turin.
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Historian of mathematics and logic (1941-2014).
Born June 23rd, 1941 in Bakewell.
Died December 12th, 2014 at 73 years old in England.
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