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In the year 1970
529 Notable deaths
Terry Sawchuk
Canadian ice hockey player (1929–1970).
Born December 28th, 1929 in Winnipeg.
Died May 31st, 1970 at 40 years old in New York City (embolism).
Eiji Tsuburaya
Japanese film director (1901-1970).
Born July 7th, 1901 in Sukagawa. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1970 at 68 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Abraham Zapruder
Witness to the kennedy assassination (1905-1970).
Died August 30th, 1970 at 65 years old in Dallas (stomach cancer).
John Dos Passos
American novelist (1896–1970).
Born January 14th, 1896 in Chicago.
Died September 28th, 1970 at 74 years old in Baltimore.
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and nobel laureate (1883–1970).
Born October 8th, 1883 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died August 1st, 1970 at 86 years old in West Berlin (pulmonary embolism).
Yusof bin Ishak
1st president of singapore (1910-1970).
Born August 12th, 1910 in Perak.
Died November 23rd, 1970 at 60 years old in Singapore (heart failure).
Erle Stanley Gardner
American writer and lawyer.
Born July 17th, 1889 in Malden. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1970 at 80 years old in Temecula. [ref]
Edward Everett Horton
American actor (1886–1970).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Brooklyn.
Died September 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Encino (prostate cancer).
Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet military commander (1895-1970).
Born February 18th, 1895 in Furmanivka.
Died March 31st, 1970 at 75 years old in Moscow.
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
British noble (1919-1970).
Born May 12th, 1919 in Edinburgh.
Died April 14th, 1970 at 50 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
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