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In the year 1971
524 Notable deaths
Anthony Berkeley Cox
English crime writer.
Born July 5th, 1893 in Watford. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1971 at 77 years old in London. [ref]
Armando Picchi
Italian footballer and manager (1935-1971).
Born June 20th, 1935 in Livorno.
Died May 26th, 1971 at 35 years old in Sanremo (cancer).
Theodor Svedberg
Swedish chemist (1884-1971).
Born August 30th, 1884. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1971 at 86 years old in Örebro. [ref]
Andrey Andreyev
Soviet politician (1895–1971).
Born October 30th, 1895 in Kuznetsovo.
Died December 5th, 1971 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Dhirendranath Datta
Bengali activist (1886-1971).
Born November 2nd, 1886 in Brahmanbaria.
Died March 21st, 1971 at 84 years old
Nella Walker
Actress (1886-1971).
Born March 6th, 1886 in Chicago.
Died March 22nd, 1971 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Paul de Kruif
American microbiologist (1890–1971).
Born March 2nd, 1890 in Zeeland.
Died February 28th, 1971 at 80 years old in Holland.
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
American cryptographer.
Born July 24th, 1889 in Geneseo.
Died September 16th, 1971 at 82 years old in Fairfax.
Mikhail Yangel
Soviet engineer and missile designer.
Born November 7th, 1911 in Kirensky Uyezd.
Died October 25th, 1971 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Arne Tiselius
1902-1971, swedish biochemist and nobel prize laureate in chemistry.
Born August 10th, 1902 in Stockholm.
Died October 29th, 1971 at 69 years old in Helga Trefaldighet (myocardial infarction).
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