Dead at age 74

1,427 Notable deaths

Aram Khachaturian

Armenian soviet composer and conductor (1903–1978).

Born June 6th, 1903 in Kojori, Tbilisi. [ref]

Died May 1st, 1978 at 74 years old in Moscow.

Walter Winchell

American gossip journalist (1897-1972).

Born April 7th, 1897 in New York City.

Died February 20th, 1972 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).

Gary Collins

American television personality, actor (1938-2012).

Born April 30th, 1938 in Venice.

Died October 13th, 2012 at 74 years old in Biloxi. [ref]

Robert Anton Wilson

American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic.

Born January 18th, 1932 in Flatbush.

Died January 11th, 2007 at 74 years old in Capitola (post-polio syndrome). [ref]

Nate Thurmond

American basketball player.

Born July 25th, 1941 in Akron.

Died July 16th, 2016 at 74 years old in San Francisco (leukemia). [ref]

Steven Bochco

Television producer and writer (1943-2018).

Born December 16th, 1943 in New York City.

Died April 1st, 2018 at 74 years old in Pacific Palisades (leukemia). [ref]

Hans Asperger

Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor (1906-1980).

Born February 18th, 1906 in Vienna. [ref]

Died October 21st, 1980 at 74 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer.

Born March 12th, 1863 in Pescara. [ref]

Died March 1st, 1938 at 74 years old in Gardone Riviera (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Jessye Norman

American opera singer.

Born September 15th, 1945 in Augusta.

Died September 30th, 2019 at 74 years old in New York City (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, septic shock). [ref]

David Bohm

American theoretical physicist.

Born December 20th, 1917 in Wilkes-Barre.

Died October 27th, 1992 at 74 years old in London (myocardial infarction).

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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman