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Dead at age 74

1,570 Notable deaths

Dan Hicks

American singer-songwriter.

Born December 9th, 1941 in Little Rock.

Died February 6th, 2016 at 74 years old in Mill Valley (cancer). [ref]

Facundo Cabrales

Argentine singer and bad very bad.

Born May 22nd, 1937 in La Plata.

Died July 9th, 2011 at 74 years old in Guatemala City. [ref]

Hugh Wilson

American director, writer and actor (1943-2018).

Born August 21st, 1943 in Miami.

Died January 14th, 2018 at 74 years old in Charlottesville (pulmonary emphysema).

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974).

Born October 19th, 1899 in Guatemala City.

Died June 9th, 1974 at 74 years old in Madrid.

Hideki Yukawa

Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981).

Born January 23rd, 1907 in Azabu.

Died September 8th, 1981 at 74 years old in Kyoto.

Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

Lebanese cleric (1935–2010).

Born November 16th, 1935 in Najaf.

Died July 4th, 2010 at 74 years old in Beirut (liver disease). [ref]

Ernie Ball

American entrepreneur.

Born August 30th, 1930 in Santa Monica.

Died September 9th, 2004 at 74 years old in San Luis Obispo.

René Préval

Ex-president of haiti (1943-2017).

Born January 17th, 1943 in Marmelade.

Died March 3rd, 2017 at 74 years old in Port-au-Prince (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Andrew G. Vajna

Hungarian film producer.

Born August 1st, 1944 in Budapest. [ref]

Died January 20th, 2019 at 74 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]

Brigitte Bierlein

Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of austria and president of the austrian constitutional court (1949–2024).

Born June 25th, 1949 in Vienna.

Died June 3rd, 2024 at 74 years old in Vienna. [ref]

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