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Dead at age 74
2,077 Notable deaths
Johann Josef Loschmidt
Austrian chemist and physicist (1821–1895).
Born March 15th, 1821 in Počerny.
Died July 8th, 1895 at 74 years old in Vienna.
Józef Brandt
Polish painter (1841-1915).
Born February 11th, 1841 in Szczebrzeszyn.
Died June 12th, 1915 at 74 years old in Radom.
Michael Baxandall
British art historian (1933-2008).
Born August 18th, 1933 in Cardiff. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2008 at 74 years old in London (Parkinson's disease, pneumonia). [ref]
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983).
Born November 21st, 1908 in Horodenka.
Died July 18th, 1983 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
British politician (1860-1934).
Born March 6th, 1860 in Kirkcaldy.
Died March 30th, 1934 at 74 years old in Kirkcaldy.
W. W. Rouse Ball
English mathematician and lawyer (1850–1925).
Born August 14th, 1850 in Hampstead.
Died April 4th, 1925 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Joseph Dodge
Banker (1890-1964).
Born November 18th, 1890 in Detroit.
Died December 2nd, 1964 at 74 years old in Detroit.
Hermann Scherchen
German conductor (1891–1966).
Born June 21st, 1891 in Berlin.
Died June 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Florence (myocardial infarction).
J. Meade Falkner
British writer (1858–1932).
Born May 8th, 1858 in Wiltshire.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 74 years old in Durham.
Abbas el-Akkad
Egyptian writer (1889-1964).
Born June 28th, 1889 in Aswan.
Died March 13th, 1964 at 74 years old in Cairo.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir