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Dead at age 75
1,466 Notable deaths
William Gaddis
American novelist.
Born December 29th, 1922 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1998 at 75 years old in East Hampton (prostate cancer). [ref]
Alexander Luria
Soviet psychologist.
Born July 16th, 1902 in Kazan.
Died August 14th, 1977 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Heathcote Williams
English poet, actor and dramatist (1941-2017).
Born November 15th, 1941 in Helsby.
Died July 1st, 2017 at 75 years old in Oxford.
Jerome Bixby
American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter (1923-1998).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1998 at 75 years old in San Bernardino. [ref]
Harley Earl
American designer (1893-1969).
Born November 22nd, 1893 in Hollywood. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1969 at 75 years old in Palm Beach (stroke). [ref]
Kakuei Tanaka
Japanese politician (1918-1993).
Died December 16th, 1993 at 75 years old in Keio University Hospital (pneumonia).
John McCallum
Canadian economist and politician.
Born April 9th, 1950 in Montreal.
Died June 21st, 2025 at 75 years old in Mississauga. [ref]
Wolf Messing
Russian clairovoyant, telepathist, hypnotist, occultist (1899-1974).
Born September 10th, 1899 in Góra Kalwaria.
Died November 8th, 1974 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Robinson Jeffers
American poet.
Born January 10th, 1887 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1962 at 75 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Philip B. Crosby
Quality guru (1926-2001).
Born June 18th, 1926 in Wheeling.
Died August 18th, 2001 at 75 years old in Winter Park.
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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