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In the year 1972
535 Notable deaths
Nigel Green
English actor (1924–1972).
Born October 15th, 1924 in Pretoria.
Died May 15th, 1972 at 47 years old in Brighton (drug overdose).
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-coburgen and gothan and swedish royal.
Born January 18th, 1908 in Friedenstein Castle.
Died November 28th, 1972 at 64 years old in Stockholm (colorectal cancer).
Jamini Roy
Indian artist (1887-1972).
Born April 11th, 1887 in Beliatore. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1972 at 85 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Reginald Owen
British actor (1887-1972).
Born August 5th, 1887 in Hertfordshire. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1972 at 85 years old in Boise (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Louella Parsons
American gossip columnist and screenwriter (1881-1972).
Born August 6th, 1881 in Freeport.
Died December 9th, 1972 at 91 years old in Santa Monica (atherosclerosis).
Watchman Nee
Chinese church leader (1903–1972).
Born November 4th, 1903 in Shantou.
Died May 30th, 1972 at 68 years old in Anhui.
Said bin Taimur
Sultan of oman (1910-1972).
Born August 13th, 1910 in Muscat.
Died October 19th, 1972 at 62 years old in London.
James F. Byrnes
American politician.
Born May 2nd, 1882 in Charleston. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1972 at 89 years old in Columbia.
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
German politician and ss functionary (1899-1972).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Lębork. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1972 at 73 years old in Munich.
Nick Begich
American politician (1932-1972).
Born April 6th, 1932 in Eveleth.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 40 years old in Alaska (aircraft crash).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner