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Dead at age 73
2,046 Notable deaths
Max Lorenz
German operatic tenor (1901–1975).
Born May 17th, 1901 in Düsseldorf.
Died January 11th, 1975 at 73 years old in Salzburg.
Paul Gustav Fischer
Danish artist (1860-1934).
Born July 22nd, 1860 in Copenhagen.
Died May 1st, 1934 at 73 years old in Gentofte.
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Swiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898).
Born October 11th, 1825 in Zurich.
Died November 28th, 1898 at 73 years old in Kilchberg.
Lars Jansson
Author and cartoonist (1926-2000).
Born October 8th, 1926 in Helsinki.
Died July 31st, 2000 at 73 years old in Helsinki.
Robert Antelme
French writer (1917–1990).
Born January 5th, 1917 in Sartène.
Died October 26th, 1990 at 73 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Shusaku Arakawa
Japanese artist and architect (1936-2010).
Born July 6th, 1936 in Nagoya.
Died May 18th, 2010 at 73 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Matthew Butler
Confederate army general (1836-1909).
Born March 8th, 1836 in Greenville.
Died April 14th, 1909 at 73 years old in Columbia.
Latifa al-Zayyat
Egyptian activist and writer (1923–1996).
Born August 8th, 1923 in Damietta.
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.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel