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Dead at age 75

1,576 Notable deaths

Georg Karl Tänzler

(1877-1952) german-born american radiology technologist and erotomaniac.

Born February 8th, 1877 in Dresden. [ref]

Died July 23rd, 1952 at 75 years old in Tampa.

Wayne Dyer

American writer (1940-2015).

Born May 10th, 1940 in Detroit.

Died August 29th, 2015 at 75 years old in Maui (coronary artery disease). [ref]

Kamala Surayya

Indian author.

Born March 31st, 1934 in Punnayurkulam. [ref]

Died May 31st, 2009 at 75 years old in Pune. [ref]

Bayard Rustin

American civil rights activist and gay rights activist (1912-1987).

Born March 17th, 1912 in West Chester. [ref]

Died August 24th, 1987 at 75 years old in Manhattan (appendicitis). [ref]

August Coppola

American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts.

Born February 16th, 1934 in Hartford. [ref]

Died October 27th, 2009 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Subrata Roy

Indian businessman (1948–2023).

Born June 10th, 1948 in Araria.

Died November 14th, 2023 at 75 years old in Mumbai.

H. H. Asquith

British politician (1852–1928); prime minister of the united kingdom from 1908 to 1916.

Born September 12th, 1852 in Morley.

Died February 15th, 1928 at 75 years old in The Wharf (cerebrovascular disease).

Hedda Hopper

American gossip columnist and actress.

Born May 2nd, 1890 in Hollidaysburg.

Died February 1st, 1966 at 75 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).

Edith Wharton

American writer and designer (1862–1937).

Born January 24th, 1862 in New York City. [ref]

Died August 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (stroke). [ref]

Johnny Torrio

Italian-american mob boss (1882–1957).

Born January 20th, 1882 in Irsina.

Died April 16th, 1957 at 75 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction).

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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius