Dead at age 75
1,503 Notable deaths
Kristen Nygaard
Computer scientist, mathematician (1926-2002).
Born August 27th, 1926 in Oslo.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 75 years old in Oslo (myocardial infarction).
George W. P. Hunt
American politician (1859–1934).
Born November 1st, 1859 in Huntsville. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1934 at 75 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Sulston
British biologist and nobel laureate (1942-2018).
Born March 27th, 1942 in Cambridge, Fulmer.
Died March 6th, 2018 at 75 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
John Scott Haldane
British physiologist.
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Edinburgh.
Died March 15th, 1936 at 75 years old in Oxford.
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Soviet and russian actress, singer.
Born November 12th, 1935 in Kharkiv.
Died March 30th, 2011 at 75 years old in Moscow (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Ayyappa Paniker
Indian poet and critic (1930-2006).
Born September 12th, 1930 in Kavalam.
Died August 23rd, 2006 at 75 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Momčilo Krajišnik
Bosnian serb former politician.
Born January 20th, 1945 in Sarajevo.
Died September 15th, 2020 at 75 years old in University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska (COVID-19). [ref]
Terence O'Neill
British politician (1914-1990).
Born September 10th, 1914 in London.
Died June 12th, 1990 at 75 years old in Hampshire.
Joanna Cole
American children's books author (1944-2020).
Born August 11th, 1944 in Newark.
Died July 12th, 2020 at 75 years old in Sioux City (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). [ref]
Te Atairangikaahu
Māori queen.
Born July 23rd, 1931 in Waahi Pā.
Died August 15th, 2006 at 75 years old (kidney failure). [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs