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In the year 1971
505 Notable deaths
Paul Fildes
British pathologist and microbiologist (1882–1971).
Born February 10th, 1882 in London.
Died February 5th, 1971 at 88 years old in London.
Simon Vestdijk
Dutch author (1898-1971).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Harlingen.
Died March 23rd, 1971 at 72 years old in Utrecht.
Godfried Bomans
Dutch writer (1913-1971).
Born March 2nd, 1913 in The Hague.
Died December 22nd, 1971 at 58 years old in Bloemendaal (myocardial infarction).
Bert Roach
Actor (1891-1971).
Born August 21st, 1891 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 16th, 1971 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
May Clark
British actress (1885-1971).
Born June 1st, 1885 in Kent, Sunbury-on-Thames. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1971 at 85 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home. [ref]
Pavel Fitin
Soviet intelligence officer and statesman (1907-1971).
Born December 28th, 1907.
Died December 24th, 1971 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Phil Edwards
Canadian middle distance runner (1907-1971).
Born September 23rd, 1907 in Georgetown.
Died September 6th, 1971 at 63 years old in Montreal.
Sergey Timofeyevich Konyonkov
Russian and soviet sculptor (1874-1971).
Died December 9th, 1971 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Gertrud von Le Fort
German writer of novels, poems and essays (1876-1971).
Born October 11th, 1876 in Minden.
Died November 1st, 1971 at 95 years old in Oberstdorf.
Li Siguang
Chinese geologist and politician (1889-1971).
Born October 26th, 1889 in Huilongshan.
Died April 29th, 1971 at 81 years old in Beijing.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 505
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