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Dead at age 74

2,078 Notable deaths

Ira S. Bowen

American physicist and astronomer (1898–1973).

Born December 21st, 1898 in Seneca Falls.

Died February 6th, 1973 at 74 years old

Claude Champagne

Canadian composer (1891–1965).

Born May 27th, 1891 in Montreal.

Died December 21st, 1965 at 74 years old in Montreal.

Jacobus van Looy

Dutch painter and writer (1855-1930).

Born September 12th, 1855 in Haarlem.

Died February 24th, 1930 at 74 years old in Haarlem.

Khoren Abrahamyan

Armenian actor (1930–2004).

Born April 1st, 1930 in Yerevan.

Died December 10th, 2004 at 74 years old in Yerevan.

William Gilson Farlow

American botanist (1844–1919).

Born December 17th, 1844 in Boston.

Died June 3rd, 1919 at 74 years old in Cambridge.

Gabriel Anton

Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (1858–1933).

Born August 28th, 1858 in Žatec.

Died January 5th, 1933 at 74 years old in Halle (Saale).

Gérard Cooreman

Belgian politician (1852-1926).

Born March 25th, 1852 in Ghent.

Died December 2nd, 1926 at 74 years old in Brussels.

Queenie Newall

British archer.

Born October 17th, 1854 in Littleborough.

Died June 24th, 1929 at 74 years old in Cheltenham.

Victor Bendix

Danish musician (1851-1926).

Born May 17th, 1851 in Copenhagen.

Died January 5th, 1926 at 74 years old in Frederiksberg.

Benigno Ferreira

Paraguayan lawyer and politician (1846–1920).

Born January 13th, 1846 in Limpio.

Died June 14th, 1920 at 74 years old in Asunción.

Deaths 1401 to 1410 of 2078

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe