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In the year 1970
463 Notable deaths
Margaret D. Foster
American chemist.
Born March 4th, 1895 in Chicago.
Died November 5th, 1970 at 75 years old in Silver Spring.
Kees van Baaren
Dutch composer.
Born October 22nd, 1906 in Enschede. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1970 at 63 years old in Oegstgeest. [ref]
Jonel Perlea
Romanian conductor (1900-1970).
Born December 13th, 1900 in Ograda. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1970 at 69 years old in New York City. [ref]
Zalman Aran
Israeli politician (1899-1970).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1970 at 71 years old in Israel.
Adam Rapacki
Polish politician (1909-1970).
Born December 24th, 1909 in Lviv.
Died October 10th, 1970 at 60 years old in Warsaw.
Dorothy Vernon
Actress (1875-1970).
Born November 11th, 1875 in Norddorf.
Died October 28th, 1970 at 94 years old in Granada Hills (heart disease).
Grete Wiesenthal
Austrian ballerina.
Born December 9th, 1886 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1970 at 83 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Dora Boothby
English female badminton and tennis player.
Born August 2nd, 1881 in Finchley.
Died February 22nd, 1970 at 88 years old in Hampstead, Hammersmith. [ref]
Brutus Hamilton
Athletics track and field athlete and coach, college athletics administrator (1900-1970).
Born July 19th, 1900 in Peculiar.
Died December 28th, 1970 at 70 years old in Berkeley.
Trajko Rajković
Basketball player.
Born December 7th, 1937 in Leskovac.
Died May 27th, 1970 at 32 years old in Ljubljana.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde