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In the year 1974
543 Notable deaths
Agnes Moorehead
American actress (1900–1974).
Born December 6th, 1900 in Clinton.
Died April 30th, 1974 at 73 years old in Rochester (uterine cancer).
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894-1974).
Born July 25th, 1894 in Lynn. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 80 years old in Oxnard (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Pamela Courson
American artist and common-law wife of jim morrison.
Born December 22nd, 1946 in Weed.
Died April 25th, 1974 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
James J. Braddock
American boxer (1905-1974).
Born June 7th, 1905 in Hell's Kitchen.
Died November 29th, 1974 at 69 years old in North Bergen.
Jack Benny
American comedic entertainer (1894–1974).
Born February 14th, 1894 in Chicago.
Died December 26th, 1974 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Earl Warren
Chief justice of the united states from 1953 to 1969.
Born March 19th, 1891 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1974 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Soviet sniper.
Born July 12th, 1916 in Bila Tserkva.
Died October 27th, 1974 at 58 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Ed Sullivan
American television host (1901-1974).
Born September 28th, 1901 in Harlem.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 73 years old in Manhattan (esophageal cancer).
Satyendra Nath Bose
Indian bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974).
Born January 1st, 1894 in Kolkata.
Died February 4th, 1974 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
Harpo Marx
American comedian.
Born November 23rd, 1888 in New York City.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
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