In the year 1972
549 Notable deaths
Eugène Minkowski
French psychiatrist.
Born April 17th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in Paris. [ref]
Moshe Sneh
Israeli politician (1909-1972).
Born January 6th, 1909 in Radzyń Podlaski. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1972 at 63 years old in Israel, Jerusalem.
Robert MacArthur
American ecologist.
Born April 7th, 1930 in Toronto.
Died November 1st, 1972 at 42 years old in Princeton (kidney disease).
Ángel Romano
Uruguayan footballer (1894-1972).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in Montevideo.
Died August 22nd, 1972 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Robert Le Vigan
French actor (1900-1972).
Born January 7th, 1900 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1972 at 72 years old in Tandil.
Donald MacDonald
American actor and director of the silent film era (1886-1972).
Born February 8th, 1886 in California.
Died August 6th, 1972 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Gavin de Beer
British evolutionary embryologist (1899-1972).
Born November 1st, 1899 in United Kingdom.
Died June 21st, 1972 at 72 years old in Alfriston.
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Icelandic painter (1885-1972).
Born October 15th, 1885 in Iceland.
Died April 13th, 1972 at 86 years old in Reykjavík.
Milton L. Humason
American astronomer.
Born August 19th, 1891 in Dodge Center.
Died June 18th, 1972 at 80 years old in Mendocino.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 549
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht