In the year 1972
535 Notable deaths
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899-1972).
Born June 11th, 1899 in Osaka. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1972 at 72 years old in Zushi. [ref]
Leo G. Carroll
British actor (1886–1972).
Born October 25th, 1886 in Northamptonshire.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 85 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Berry Oakley
American bassist (1948-1972).
Born April 4th, 1948 in Chicago.
Died November 11th, 1972 at 24 years old in Macon (traffic collision).
Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.
American politician (1914–1972).
Born February 15th, 1914 in Harrison County.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 58 years old in Alaska (aviation accident).
William Boyd
American actor (1895-1972).
Born June 5th, 1895 in Hendrysburg. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1972 at 77 years old in Laguna Beach (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Brian Donlevy
American actor (1901–1972).
Born February 9th, 1901 in Cleveland.
Died April 6th, 1972 at 71 years old in Woodland Hills (esophageal cancer).
Gilbert Ray Hodges
United states marine; american baseball player.
Born April 4th, 1924 in Indiana.
Died April 2nd, 1972 at 47 years old in West Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).
Erhard Milch
German general; defendant in the milch trial (1892-1972).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Wilhelmshaven.
Died January 25th, 1972 at 79 years old in Wuppertal.
Louis Leakey
British archaeologist and naturalist.
Born August 7th, 1903 in Nairobi. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1972 at 69 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Mahendra of Nepal
King of nepal (1920-1972).
Born June 11th, 1920 in Kathmandu.
Died January 31st, 1972 at 51 years old in Kathmandu (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 535
Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce