Dead at age 76

1,691 Notable deaths

David Bruce

British pathologist.

Born May 29th, 1855 in Melbourne.

Died November 27th, 1931 at 76 years old in London.

Merritt Ruhlen

American linguist.

Born May 10th, 1944 in Washington, D.C..

Died January 29th, 2021 at 76 years old in Palo Alto.

Werner Lorant

German association football player and manager.

Born November 21st, 1948 in Welver.

Died April 20th, 2025 at 76 years old in Wasserburg am Inn. [ref]

Stefan Danailov

Bulgarian actor (1942-2019).

Born December 9th, 1942 in Sofia.

Died November 27th, 2019 at 76 years old in Sofia (lymphoma). [ref]

Enrique Irazoqui

Spanish actor.

Born July 5th, 1944 in Barcelona.

Died September 16th, 2020 at 76 years old in Barcelona. [ref]

Ba U

2nd president of burma.

Born May 26th, 1887 in Pathein.

Died November 9th, 1963 at 76 years old in Yangon.

Joseph Wood Krutch

American writer, critic, and naturalist (1893–1970).

Born November 25th, 1893 in Knoxville.

Died May 22nd, 1970 at 76 years old in Tucson (cancer). [ref]

Robert Ranulph Marett

British ethnologist.

Born June 13th, 1866 in Jersey. [ref]

Died February 18th, 1943 at 76 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Jon Christensen

Norwegian jazz musician.

Born March 20th, 1943 in Oslo.

Died February 18th, 2020 at 76 years old in Sagene. [ref]

Karel Kramář

Czech politician, political prisoner and lawyer (1860-1937).

Born December 27th, 1860 in Vysoké nad Jizerou.

Died May 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Prague.

Deaths 771 to 780 of 1691

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)