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In the year 1972
500 Notable deaths
Ntare V Ndizeye
King of burundi (1947-1972).
Born December 2nd, 1947 in Gitega.
Died April 29th, 1972 at 24 years old in Gitega (murder).
Hans Scharoun
German architect (1893-1972).
Born September 20th, 1893 in Bremen.
Died November 25th, 1972 at 79 years old in West Berlin.
Turk Broda
Ice hockey player (1914-1972).
Born May 15th, 1914 in Brandon.
Died October 17th, 1972 at 58 years old in Toronto.
Padraic Colum
Irish writer (1881-1972).
Born December 8th, 1881 in County Longford. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in Hartford County (disease). [ref]
Allen J. Ellender
American politician (1890–1972).
Born September 24th, 1890 in Montegut.
Died July 27th, 1972 at 81 years old in Bethesda.
Friedrich Flick
German businessperson, convicted of wwii war crimes (1883-1972).
Born July 10th, 1883 in Kreuztal, Ernsdorf.
Died July 20th, 1972 at 89 years old in Konstanz.
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker.
Born April 23rd, 1908 in Vyritsa. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1972 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
William Flood Webb
Australian judge.
Born January 21st, 1887 in Brisbane.
Died August 11th, 1972 at 85 years old in Brisbane.
Esmaeil Yasin
Egyptian actor (1912–1972).
Born September 15th, 1912 in Suez.
Died May 24th, 1972 at 59 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Georg von Békésy
Hungarian physicist.
Born June 3rd, 1899 in Budapest.
Died June 13th, 1972 at 73 years old in Honolulu.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 500
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel