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In the year 1972
536 Notable deaths
Vera Karalli
Russian ballet dancer and actor (1889-1972).
Born August 8th, 1889 in Moscow.
Died November 16th, 1972 at 83 years old in Baden bei Wien.
Kurt Hiller
German activist (1885-1972).
Born August 17th, 1885 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1972 at 87 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
German princess.
Born May 11th, 1894 in Gut Grünholz.
Died January 28th, 1972 at 77 years old in Salzburg (disease).
Itō Shinsui
Japanese artist (1898-1972).
Born February 4th, 1898 in Tokyo.
Died May 8th, 1972 at 74 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov
Soviet military commander (1903-1972).
Born April 29th, 1903 in Vishnevoe.
Died February 9th, 1972 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Sándor Radó
Hungarain physician & psychoanalyst (1890–1972).
Born January 8th, 1890 in Kisvárda.
Died May 14th, 1972 at 82 years old in New York City.
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.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 536
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