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In the year 1972
536 Notable deaths
Turk Broda
Ice hockey player (1914-1972).
Born May 15th, 1914 in Brandon.
Died October 17th, 1972 at 58 years old in Toronto.
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Ugandan prime minister (1922-1972).
Born May 8th, 1922 in Bukomansimbi District.
Died September 22nd, 1972 at 50 years old in Makindye Prison (immolation, extra-judicial killing).
Clarence R. Huebner
United states army general (1888-1972).
Born November 24th, 1888 in Bushton.
Died September 23rd, 1972 at 83 years old in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Ernst von Salomon
German writer and right-wing freikorps member.
Born September 25th, 1902 in Kiel.
Died August 9th, 1972 at 69 years old in Stöckte (myocardial infarction).
Chen Yi
Chinese general, people's republic of china (1901-1972).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Lezhi County.
Died January 6th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Padraic Colum
Irish writer (1881-1972).
Born December 8th, 1881 in County Longford.
Died January 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in Hartford County (disease).
Ze'ev Friedman
Israeli weightlifter.
Born June 10th, 1944 in Siberia.
Died September 6th, 1972 at 28 years old in Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (Munich massacre, ballistic trauma).
Walter Lang
American film director (1896-1972).
Born August 10th, 1896 in Memphis.
Died February 7th, 1972 at 75 years old in Palm Springs (kidney failure).
Rose Schneiderman
American labor leader (1882-1972).
Born April 6th, 1882 in Sawin, Lublin Voivodeship.
Died August 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in New York City.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 536
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson