Dead at age 76
1,688 Notable deaths
Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer.
Born August 19th, 1871 in Dayton. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 76 years old in Dayton. [ref]
Noboru Takeshita
74th prime minister of japan (1924-2000).
Born February 26th, 1924 in Kakeya.
Died June 19th, 2000 at 76 years old in Kitasato Institute Hospital (pancreatic cancer, respiratory failure).
L. P. Hartley
British novelist and short story writer (1895–1972).
Born December 30th, 1895 in Whittlesey.
Died December 13th, 1972 at 76 years old in London.
Ichirō Hatoyama
Prime minister of japan from 1954 to 1956.
Born January 1st, 1883 in Higashi-Gokenchō. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1959 at 76 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Andre Gunder Frank
German-american economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984 (1929–2005).
Born February 24th, 1929 in Berlin.
Died April 23rd, 2005 at 76 years old in Luxembourg (cancer).
J. Presper Eckert
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
Born April 9th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died June 3rd, 1995 at 76 years old in Bryn Mawr (leukemia).
Carleton S. Coon
American anthropologist.
Born June 23rd, 1904 in Wakefield.
Died June 3rd, 1981 at 76 years old in Gloucester.
Charles Algernon Parsons
Inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931).
Born June 13th, 1854 in London.
Died February 11th, 1931 at 76 years old in Kingston Harbour (peripheral neuropathy).
Victor Gruen
Austrian architect (1903-1980).
Born July 18th, 1903 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1980 at 76 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Joe Mercer
English footballer and manager (1914-1990).
Born August 9th, 1914 in Ellesmere Port.
Died August 9th, 1990 at 76 years old in Manchester.
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For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer