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In the year 1974
543 Notable deaths
Anna Q. Nilsson
Swedish american actress (1888-1974).
Born March 30th, 1888 in Ystad.
Died February 11th, 1974 at 85 years old in Hemet (heart failure).
Alessandro Momo
Italian actor (1956-1974).
Born November 26th, 1956 in Rome.
Died November 19th, 1974 at 17 years old in Rome (traffic collision).
John G. Bennett
British mathematician and author.
Born June 8th, 1897 in London.
Died December 13th, 1974 at 77 years old in Sherborne. [ref]
Aman Andom
Politician (1924-1974).
Born June 21st, 1924 in Tsazega.
Died November 23rd, 1974 at 50 years old in Addis Ababa.
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish writer (1891–1974).
Born May 23rd, 1891 in Växjö. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1974 at 83 years old in Danderyd. [ref]
Syed Mujtaba Ali
Bengali author and scholar.
Born September 13th, 1904 in Karimganj.
Died February 11th, 1974 at 69 years old in Dhaka.
Reed Hadley
Actor (1911-1974).
Born June 25th, 1911 in Petrolia. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1974 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
Indian musician (1922–1974).
Born December 4th, 1922 in Chowtapalle.
Died February 11th, 1974 at 51 years old in Chennai.
Douglass Dumbrille
Canadian-american actor.
Born October 13th, 1889 in Hamilton.
Died April 2nd, 1974 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Eric Linklater
Scottish fiction, history and travel writer (1899–1974).
Born March 8th, 1899 in Penarth. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1974 at 75 years old in Aberdeen. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 543
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