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Dead at age 75
2,115 Notable deaths
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Venezuelan architect (1900–1975).
Born May 30th, 1900 in London.
Died August 16th, 1975 at 75 years old in Caracas.
Lambert Hillyer
Film director, screenwriter (1893-1969).
Born July 8th, 1893 in South Bend.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 75 years old in Woodland Hills.
Constantin Hansen
Danish artist (1804-1880).
Born November 3rd, 1804 in Rome.
Died March 29th, 1880 at 75 years old in Frederiksberg.
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Polish film director (1925-2000).
Born April 1st, 1925 in Kraków.
Died October 3rd, 2000 at 75 years old in Łódź.
Nicanor Perlas
Filipino politician.
Born January 10th, 1950 in Manila.
Died August 14th, 2025 at 75 years old [ref]
Viktor Kazantsev
Russian general (1946-2021).
Born February 22nd, 1946 in Kochanava.
Died September 14th, 2021 at 75 years old in Krasnodar.
Violet Hunt
British writer (1862-1942).
Born September 28th, 1866 in Durham.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 75 years old in Campden Hill.
Uku Masing
Estonian philosopher and theologian (1909-1985).
Born August 11th, 1909 in Lipa.
Died April 25th, 1985 at 75 years old in Tartu.
Orest Subtelny
Canadian-ukrainian historian (1941-2016).
Born May 17th, 1941 in Kraków.
Died July 24th, 2016 at 75 years old in Toronto.
Takashi Ishii
Japanese cartoonist, screenwriter and film director (1946-2022).
Born July 11th, 1946 in Sendai.
Died May 22nd, 2022 at 75 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche