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In the year 1970
460 Notable deaths
Giuseppe Pizzardo
Catholic cardinal (1877-1970).
Born July 13th, 1877 in Savona.
Died August 1st, 1970 at 93 years old in Rome.
Gaston Modot
French actor (1887-1970).
Born December 31st, 1887 in Paris.
Died February 24th, 1970 at 82 years old in Le Raincy. [ref]
Inez Haynes Irwin
Feminist, author, journalist.
Born March 2nd, 1873 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died September 30th, 1970 at 97 years old in Scituate.
Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Catholic cardinal.
Born June 29th, 1879 in Pontecorvo.
Died September 30th, 1970 at 91 years old in Rome (kidney failure).
John Knittel
Swiss writer (1891-1970).
Born March 24th, 1891 in Hubli. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1970 at 79 years old in Maienfeld. [ref]
Alfonso Caso
Mexican archaeologist (1896-1970).
Born February 1st, 1896 in Mexico City.
Died November 30th, 1970 at 74 years old in Mexico City.
Alexander Gode
German-american linguist and translator (1906-1970).
Born October 30th, 1906 in Bremen.
Died August 10th, 1970 at 63 years old in Mount Kisco.
France Bevk
Slovene writer (1890-1970).
Born September 17th, 1890 in Zakojca. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1970 at 80 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Richard Bergmann
Austrian table tennis player.
Born April 10th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died April 5th, 1970 at 50 years old in London Borough of Wandsworth.
Nikolai Shvernik
Soviet politician, chairman of the presidium of the supreme soviet (1888–1970).
Born May 19th, 1888 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 24th, 1970 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 460
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid