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In the year 1971
471 Notable deaths
Jacob Glatstein
Polish-american yiddish poet (1896-1971).
Born August 20th, 1896 in Lublin. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1971 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Jacques Ochs
Belgian artist and fencer (1883-1971).
Born February 18th, 1883 in Nice. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1971 at 88 years old in Liège. [ref]
Jules Humbert-Droz
Swiss communist (1891-1971).
Born September 23rd, 1891 in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Died October 16th, 1971 at 80 years old in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Romeu Pellicciari
Brazilian footballer (1911-1971).
Born March 26th, 1911 in Jundiaí.
Died July 15th, 1971 at 60 years old in São Paulo.
Betty Boyd
Actress (1908-1971).
Born May 11th, 1908 in Kansas City.
Died September 16th, 1971 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Charles Vildrac
French poet, essayist, playwright (1882-1971).
Born November 22nd, 1882 in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1971 at 88 years old in Saint-Tropez.
Kim Il-yeop
Korean writer, poet, journalist, buddhist nun and activist.
Born April 28th, 1896 in Ryonggang County. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1971 at 74 years old in Sudeoksa (disease).
Viktor Zhirmunsky
Russian literary historian, linguist (1891-1971).
Born August 2nd, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 31st, 1971 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Maguba Syrtlanova
Wwii pilot and heroine of the soviet union.
Born July 15th, 1912 in Belebey.
Died October 1st, 1971 at 59 years old in Kazan.
Emerich Vogl
Romanian footballer (1905-1971).
Born August 12th, 1905 in Timișoara.
Died October 29th, 1971 at 66 years old in Bucharest.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 471
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot