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Dead at age 75
1,467 Notable deaths
Xul Solar
Argentine painter (1887-1963).
Born December 14th, 1887 in San Fernando. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1963 at 75 years old in Tigre. [ref]
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
Indian academic and writer.
Born June 16th, 1936 in Bareilly.
Died February 13th, 2012 at 75 years old in Aligarh. [ref]
Pixinguinha
Brazilian composer.
Born April 23rd, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died February 17th, 1973 at 75 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Georges Franju
French filmmaker.
Born April 12th, 1912 in Fougères. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1987 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Edwin Thompson Jaynes
American physicist (1922-1998).
Born July 5th, 1922 in Waterloo. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1998 at 75 years old in St. Louis.
Jorge Bolet
American musician.
Born November 15th, 1914 in Havana. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1990 at 75 years old in Mountain View (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Finnish writer.
Born September 16th, 1888 in Hämeenkyrö. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1964 at 75 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Zinaida Gippius
Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945).
Born November 20th, 1869 in Belyov. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1945 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Austrian-american singer.
Born June 15th, 1861 in Libeň. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1936 at 75 years old in Hollywood (leukemia). [ref]
Rudolf Dreikurs
American austrian-born md.
Born February 8th, 1897 in Vienna.
Died May 25th, 1972 at 75 years old in Chicago.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore