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Dead at age 75
1,506 Notable deaths
Heinrich Vollmer
German firearm designer.
Born July 26th, 1885 in Altdorf.
Died July 1st, 1961 at 75 years old in Tübingen.
Jimmy Knepper
American jazz trombonist.
Born November 22nd, 1927 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2003 at 75 years old in Triadelphia (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Boris Christoff
Bulgarian bass singer.
Born May 18th, 1918 in Plovdiv. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1993 at 75 years old in Rome. [ref]
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
British politician (1880-1956).
Born October 27th, 1880 in London.
Died March 10th, 1956 at 75 years old in Chichester.
Elleston Trevor
British novelist and playwright.
Born February 17th, 1920 in Bromley.
Died November 15th, 1995 at 75 years old in Cave Creek.
Larbi Benbarek
French-moroccan footballer (1917-1992).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Casablanca.
Died September 16th, 1992 at 75 years old in Casablanca.
Robert Merle
French writer.
Born August 28th, 1928 in Tébessa. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2004 at 75 years old in Grosrouvre (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Iosif Grigulevich
Soviet spy and costa rican diplomat.
Born May 5th, 1913 in Vilnius.
Died June 2nd, 1988 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Eliyahu Rips
Israeli-latvian mathematician.
Born December 12th, 1948 in Riga.
Died July 19th, 2024 at 75 years old in Jerusalem.
Margarita Isabel
Mexican actress.
Born July 25th, 1941 in Mexico City.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 75 years old in Cuernavaca (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
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