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In the year 1972
551 Notable deaths
Reuven Barkat
Israeli diplomat (1906-1972).
Born October 25th, 1906 in Tauragė. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1972 at 65 years old in Jerusalem.
Aleksandr Razumny
Film director, screenwriter.
Born May 1st, 1891 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died November 25th, 1972 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Pavel Golovachyov
Soviet aviator, twice hero of the soviet union (1917–1972).
Born December 15th, 1917 in Kašaliova.
Died July 2nd, 1972 at 54 years old in Minsk.
Paolo Giobbe
Italian cardinal.
Born January 10th, 1880 in Rome.
Died August 14th, 1972 at 92 years old in Rome.
Alfred Schmidt
Estonian weightlifter.
Born May 1st, 1898 in Riisipere.
Died November 5th, 1972 at 74 years old in Tallinn.
Joe Deakin
British athlete (1879–1972).
Born February 6th, 1879 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Died June 30th, 1972 at 93 years old in London Borough of Southwark.
Mkrtich Armen
Soviet armenian writer (1906-1972).
Born December 27th, 1906 in Gyumri.
Died December 22nd, 1972 at 65 years old in Yerevan (disease).
Sam Gerson
Olympic wrestler.
Born November 30th, 1895 in Tymky.
Died September 30th, 1972 at 76 years old in Hahnemann University Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Helmut Körnig
German sprinter (1905–1972).
Born September 12th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died March 5th, 1972 at 66 years old in Dortmund. [ref]
Mary Bain
American chess player.
Born June 8th, 1904 in Hungary.
Died October 26th, 1972 at 68 years old in New York City.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 551
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