Dead at age 75

1,456 Notable deaths

Ray Collins

American actor (1889-1965).

Born December 10th, 1889 in Sacramento.

Died July 11th, 1965 at 75 years old in Santa Monica (pulmonary emphysema).

Peter Sarstedt

English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist.

Born December 10th, 1941 in New Delhi.

Died January 8th, 2017 at 75 years old in Sussex (progressive supranuclear palsy).

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860-1935).

Born July 3rd, 1860 in Hartford. [ref]

Died August 17th, 1935 at 75 years old in Pasadena.

Lee Krasner

American abstract expressionist painter (1908-1984).

Born October 27th, 1908 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died June 19th, 1984 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]

J. Allen Hynek

American astronomer.

Born May 1st, 1910 in Chicago.

Died April 27th, 1986 at 75 years old in Scottsdale (brain cancer).

Vivien Thomas

American surgeon (1910-1985).

Born August 29th, 1910 in New Iberia.

Died November 26th, 1985 at 75 years old (pancreatic cancer).

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-russian psychoanalyst and author.

Born February 12th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 5th, 1937 at 75 years old in Göttingen (kidney failure).

Edward Gorey

American writer, artist, and illustrator (1925-2000).

Born February 22nd, 1925 in Chicago. [ref]

Died April 15th, 2000 at 75 years old in Hyannis (heart failure).

Lázaro Cárdenas

President of mexico (1895-1970).

Born May 21st, 1895 in Jiquilpan Municipality. [ref]

Died October 19th, 1970 at 75 years old in Mexico City (cancer, diabetes). [ref]

Emil Maurice

German officer (1897-1972).

Born January 19th, 1897 in Westermoor.

Died February 6th, 1972 at 75 years old in Munich.

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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo