In the year 1972
536 Notable deaths
Gottfried Fuchs
German footballer (1889-1972).
Born May 3rd, 1889 in Karlsruhe.
Died February 25th, 1972 at 82 years old in Montreal.
Jinichi Kusaka
Japanese admiral (1888–1972).
Born December 7th, 1888 in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Died August 24th, 1972 at 83 years old in Kamakura.
Martin Wight
English international relations scholar (1913–1972).
Born November 26th, 1913 in Brighton.
Died July 15th, 1972 at 58 years old in Speldhurst.
Robert Casadesus
French pianist and composer.
Born April 7th, 1899 in Paris.
Died September 19th, 1972 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Matvei Zakharov
Soviet military commander (1898-1972).
Born August 17th, 1898.
Died January 31st, 1972 at 73 years old in Moscow.
René Leibowitz
French composer and conductor (1913-1972).
Born February 17th, 1913 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1972 at 59 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Boby Lapointe
French singer-songwriter (1922–1972).
Born April 16th, 1922 in Pézenas. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1972 at 50 years old in Pézenas (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
August Zaleski
Polish economist, politician, and diplomat (1883-1972).
Born September 30th, 1883 in Warsaw.
Died April 7th, 1972 at 88 years old in London.
Dorothy Dalton
American actress (1893–1972).
Born September 22nd, 1893 in Chicago.
Died April 13th, 1972 at 78 years old in Scarsdale. [ref]
Jorge Mistral
Spanish actor (1920-1972).
Born November 24th, 1920 in Alaquas.
Died April 20th, 1972 at 51 years old in Mexico City (gunshot wound).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 536
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel