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Dead at age 74
1,432 Notable deaths
Morihiro Saito
Japanese aikidōka.
Born March 31st, 1928 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died May 13th, 2002 at 74 years old in Iwama (cancer).
Hermann Scherchen
German conductor.
Born June 21st, 1891 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Florence (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
British politician (1866-1941).
Born November 8th, 1866 in Little Missenden.
Died May 23rd, 1941 at 74 years old in Birmingham (myocardial infarction).
Karl Fiehler
German politician of the nazi party (nsdap) and lord mayor of munich from 1933 until 1945.
Born August 31st, 1895 in Brunswick. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1969 at 74 years old in Dießen am Ammersee.
František Vláčil
Czech graphic, painter, director and scriptwriter (1924-1999).
Born February 19th, 1924 in Český Těšín. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1999 at 74 years old in Prague. [ref]
Ceferino Giménez Malla
Spanish romani catechist (1861-1936).
Born August 26th, 1861 in Fraga, Benavent de Segrià.
Died August 2nd, 1936 at 74 years old in Cemetery of the Diocesis of Barbastro (ballistic trauma).
Ray Lyman Wilbur
President of stanford university.
Born April 13th, 1875 in Boone.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 74 years old in Stanford.
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer.
Born November 21st, 1908 in Horodenka.
Died July 18th, 1983 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Yisrael Galili
Israeli politician (1911-1986).
Born February 10th, 1911 in Brailiv. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1986 at 74 years old in Na'an.
Arthur Harden
British biochemist.
Born October 12th, 1865 in Manchester.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 74 years old in Bourne End.
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