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Dead at age 74
2,077 Notable deaths
Motobu Chōki
Okinawan karateka (1870–1944).
Born April 5th, 1870 in Shuri.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 74 years old in Shuri.
Félix Leclerc
Canadian singer-songwriter (1914-1988).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in La Tuque.
Died August 8th, 1988 at 74 years old in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans.
Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev
Imperial russian navy admiral (1843-1917).
Born May 13th, 1843 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 27th, 1917 at 74 years old in Yalta.
Alfred G. Gilman
American pharmacologist (1941-2015).
Born July 1st, 1941 in New Haven.
Died December 23rd, 2015 at 74 years old in Dallas (pancreatic cancer).
Brock Chisholm
Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the world health organization (1896–1971).
Born May 18th, 1896 in Oakville.
Died February 4th, 1971 at 74 years old in Victoria.
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz
German world war ii general and nazi party member (1893-1968).
Born July 30th, 1893 in Kamień Śląski.
Died April 26th, 1968 at 74 years old in Trostberg (lung cancer).
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev
Russian astronomer/astrophysicist (1908–1983).
Born September 2nd, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 27th, 1983 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Abraham Fraenkel
Israeli mathematician (1891-1965).
Born February 17th, 1891 in Munich.
Died October 15th, 1965 at 74 years old in Jerusalem.
Joseph Babinski
French neurologist (1857-1932).
Born November 17th, 1857 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1932 at 74 years old in Paris (Parkinson's disease).
Alan Fletcher
British graphic designer (1931–2006).
Born September 27th, 1931 in Nairobi. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2006 at 74 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
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Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom