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Dead at age 74
1,372 Notable deaths
Walter Felsenstein
Austrian theatre director.
Born May 30th, 1901 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1975 at 74 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Jens Martin Knudsen
Danish astrophysicist.
Born October 12th, 1930 in Haurum Parish.
Died February 17th, 2005 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.
Queenie Newall
British archer.
Born October 17th, 1854 in Littleborough.
Died June 24th, 1929 at 74 years old in Cheltenham.
Manuel María Fernández Teixeiro
Spanish poet (1930-2004).
Born October 6th, 1929 in Outeiro de Rei.
Died September 8th, 2004 at 74 years old in A Coruña.
Gideon Ezra
Israeli politician (1937-2012).
Born June 30th, 1937 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2012 at 74 years old in Jerusalem (lung cancer). [ref]
Gérard Cooreman
Belgian politician (1852-1926).
Born March 25th, 1852 in Ghent.
Died December 2nd, 1926 at 74 years old in City of Brussels.
Hazel Keener
American actress (1904-1979).
Born October 22nd, 1904 in Bettendorf.
Died August 7th, 1979 at 74 years old in Pacific Grove.
Andrej Hoteev
Russian pianist.
Born December 2nd, 1946 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 28th, 2021 at 74 years old [ref]
Ira S. Bowen
American physicist and astronomer.
Born December 21st, 1898 in Seneca Falls.
Died February 6th, 1973 at 74 years old
John Harley
Scottish footballer (1886-1960).
Born May 5th, 1886 in Glasgow.
Died May 15th, 1960 at 74 years old in Montevideo.
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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