In the year 1972
549 Notable deaths
Viktor Barna
Hungarian and british champion table tennis player (1911-1972).
Born August 24th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died February 28th, 1972 at 60 years old in Lima.
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
Grand duchess of saxony.
Born May 29th, 1890 in Hanover.
Died March 12th, 1972 at 81 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Gavriil Popov
Russian soviet composer (1904–1972).
Born September 12th, 1904 in Novocherkassk.
Died February 17th, 1972 at 67 years old in Repino.
Aksel Larsen
Danish politician.
Born August 5th, 1897 in Brændekilde.
Died January 10th, 1972 at 74 years old in Frederiksberg.
C. W. Ceram
German journalist (1915–1972).
Born January 20th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died April 12th, 1972 at 57 years old in Hamburg.
Johnny Mantz
Racecar driver.
Born September 18th, 1918 in Hebron.
Died October 25th, 1972 at 54 years old in Ojai (traffic collision).
Sidney Lanfield
American film director (1898-1972).
Born April 20th, 1898 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1972 at 74 years old in Marina del Rey (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nicolas Rashevsky
American scientist (1899–1972).
Born November 9th, 1899 in Chernihiv.
Died January 16th, 1972 at 72 years old in Holland.
Vladimir Durković
Serbian footballer (1939-1972).
Born November 6th, 1937 in Gjakova.
Died June 22nd, 1972 at 34 years old in Sion.
Herbert Eimert
German composer and journalist (1897-1972).
Born April 8th, 1897 in Bad Kreuznach. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1972 at 75 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 549
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan