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In the year 1971
524 Notable deaths
Félix Balyu
Belgian footballer (1891-1971).
Born August 5th, 1891 in Bruges.
Died January 15th, 1971 at 79 years old
Ciro Verratti
Fencer (1907-1971).
Born August 17th, 1907 in Archi, Abruzzo.
Died July 6th, 1971 at 63 years old in Milan (traffic collision).
Douglass Cadwallader
American golfer (1884-1971).
Born January 29th, 1884 in Illinois.
Died February 7th, 1971 at 87 years old in Minneapolis.
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Fencer (1896–1971).
Born October 17th, 1896 in Florence.
Died July 11th, 1971 at 74 years old in Florence.
Olaf Barda
Norwegian chess player.
Born August 17th, 1909 in Oslo.
Died May 2nd, 1971 at 61 years old in Oslo.
John Jackson
American sport shooter, born 1885 (1885–1971).
Born February 14th, 1885 in Lincoln.
Died June 17th, 1971 at 86 years old in Fairfield.
Orvar Trolle
Swimmer (1900–1971).
Born April 4th, 1900 in Malmö.
Died March 7th, 1971 at 70 years old in Blikstorp.
Sergey Denisov
Soviet general (1909-1971).
Born December 25th, 1909 in Rossosh.
Died June 6th, 1971 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Joseph Musch
Belgian footballer (1893-1971).
Born October 12th, 1893 in Uccle.
Died September 25th, 1971 at 77 years old
Niek Michel
Dutch footballer (1912-1971).
Born September 30th, 1912 in Velsen.
Died June 24th, 1971 at 58 years old
Deaths 461 to 470 of 524
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney