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Dead at age 75
1,634 Notable deaths
Alexander Amfiteatrov
Russian writer and historian (1862–1938).
Born December 26th, 1862 in Kaluga.
Died February 26th, 1938 at 75 years old in Levanto.
Wenceslau de Moraes
Portuguese writer (1854-1929).
Born May 30th, 1854 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1929 at 75 years old in Tokushima. [ref]
Jerzy Putrament
Polish writer and politician (1910-1986).
Born November 14th, 1910 in Minsk. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1986 at 75 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Mircea Petescu
Romanian footballer (1943-2018).
Born October 15th, 1943 in Pecica.
Died December 16th, 2018 at 75 years old in Vosselaar (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Constantin Daicoviciu
Romanian historian of antiquity and archaeologist (1898-1973).
Born March 1st, 1898 in Constantin Daicoviciu.
Died May 27th, 1973 at 75 years old in Cluj-Napoca (myocardial infarction).
Dorothea Bleek
German anthropologist and philologist (1873–1948).
Born March 26th, 1873 in Cape Town.
Died June 28th, 1948 at 75 years old in Plumstead.
René de Saussure
Swiss mathematician and esperantist (1868-1943).
Born March 17th, 1868 in Geneva.
Died December 2nd, 1943 at 75 years old in Bern.
Maurice Leenhardt
French pastor and ethnologist (1878–1954).
Born March 9th, 1878 in Montauban.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 75 years old in Paris.
Walter Jakobsson
Finnish figure skater (1882–1957).
Born February 6th, 1882 in Helsinki.
Died June 10th, 1957 at 75 years old in Zurich.
Hermann Jansen
German architect (1869-1945).
Born May 28th, 1869 in Aachen. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1945 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner