In the year 1974
564 Notable deaths
Johanna Langefeld
Nazi concentration camp guard (1900-1974).
Born March 5th, 1900 in Kupferdreh.
Died January 26th, 1974 at 73 years old in Augsburg.
Martha Wentworth
American actress (1889-1974).
Born June 2nd, 1889 in New York City.
Died March 8th, 1974 at 84 years old in Sherman Oaks (disease).
Pink Anderson
American singer-guitarist (1900–1974).
Born February 12th, 1900 in Laurens.
Died October 12th, 1974 at 74 years old in Spartanburg (myocardial infarction).
Georgios Grivas-Digenis
Cypriot general.
Born June 6th, 1897 in Nicosia.
Died January 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Limassol (heart failure).
Cornelius Ryan
Irish journalist and author.
Born June 5th, 1920 in Dublin.
Died November 23rd, 1974 at 54 years old in New York City (prostate cancer).
Carlos Prats Gonzalez
Chilean army officer and politician t(1915–1974).
Born February 24th, 1915 in Talcahuano.
Died September 30th, 1974 at 59 years old in Argentina, Buenos Aires (car bomb). [ref]
Norman Kirk
Prime minister of new zealand, politician (1923–1974).
Born January 6th, 1923 in Waimate.
Died August 31st, 1974 at 51 years old in Wellington (pulmonary embolism).
Kirpal Singh
Indian guru (1894-1974).
Born February 6th, 1894 in Punjab.
Died August 21st, 1974 at 80 years old in New Delhi.
A. Y. Jackson
Canadian painter (1882-1974).
Born October 3rd, 1882 in Montreal.
Died April 5th, 1974 at 91 years old in Kleinburg.
Frank Messervy
British army general (1893-1974).
Born December 9th, 1893 in Trinidad.
Died February 2nd, 1974 at 80 years old in Heyshott.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 564
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer