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Dead at age 74
1,369 Notable deaths
Frankie Frisch
American baseball player and manager (1898–1973).
Born September 9th, 1898 in The Bronx.
Died March 12th, 1973 at 74 years old in Wilmington (traffic collision).
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer.
Born August 8th, 1923 in Gurdon.
Died December 13th, 1997 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born September 5th, 1929 in Shorshely.
Died July 3rd, 2004 at 74 years old in Cheboksary (myocardial infarction).
César Milstein
Argentine biochemist.
Born October 8th, 1927 in Bahía Blanca.
Died March 24th, 2002 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
R.B. Kitaj
American artist (1932-2007).
Born October 29th, 1932 in Chagrin Falls. [ref]
Died October 21st, 2007 at 74 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Victor Papanek
American designer and educator (1923–1998).
Born November 22nd, 1923 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1998 at 74 years old in Lawrence. [ref]
K. T. Stevens
American film and television actress (1919-1994).
Born July 20th, 1919 in Hollywood.
Died June 13th, 1994 at 74 years old in Brentwood (lung cancer).
Ludwig von Reuter
German admiral.
Born February 9th, 1869 in Guben.
Died December 18th, 1943 at 74 years old in Potsdam.
Richard Bennett
Actor (1870-1944).
Born May 21st, 1870 in Deacon.
Died October 22nd, 1944 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Indian carmelite sister and saint.
Born October 17th, 1877 in Kattoor, Thrissur.
Died August 29th, 1952 at 74 years old in Ollur.
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