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In the year 1974
564 Notable deaths
Josef Krips
Austrian musician (1902-1974).
Born April 8th, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1974 at 72 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Charles Coulson
British applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author (1910–1974).
Born December 13th, 1910 in Dudley.
Died January 7th, 1974 at 63 years old in Oxford.
Werner Lorenz
German general (1891-1974).
Born October 2nd, 1891 in Wykroty, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1974 at 82 years old in Hamburg.
Lev Knipper
Russian composer and secret police agent (1898–1974).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Tbilisi.
Died July 30th, 1974 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Helmuth Koinigg
Austrian formula one driver (1948–1974).
Born November 3rd, 1948 in Vienna.
Died October 6th, 1974 at 25 years old in Watkins Glen International (decapitation).
Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna.
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford.
Allal al-Fassi
Moroccan politician and writer (1910-1974).
Born January 10th, 1910 in Fez.
Died May 13th, 1974 at 64 years old in Bucharest (cardiovascular disease).
Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.
American pharmacologist (1915–1974).
Born November 19th, 1915 in Burlingame.
Died March 9th, 1974 at 58 years old in Miami.
Arnold Fanck
German film director (1889-1974).
Born March 6th, 1889 in Frankenthal.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 85 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 564
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid