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In the year 1974
496 Notable deaths
Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Marcel Achard
French writer (1899-1974).
Born July 5th, 1899 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1974 at 75 years old in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris (diabetes). [ref]
Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.
American pharmacologist.
Born November 19th, 1915 in Burlingame.
Died March 9th, 1974 at 58 years old in Miami.
Maximilian de Angelis
German general.
Born October 2nd, 1889 in Budapest.
Died December 6th, 1974 at 85 years old in Graz.
Emanuel Schäfer
Ss officer.
Born April 20th, 1900 in Hlučín.
Died December 4th, 1974 at 74 years old in Cologne.
Lev Oborin
Soviet musician (1907-1974).
Born September 11th, 1907 in Moscow.
Died January 5th, 1974 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Nur Ali Elahi
Spiritual thinker, musician, writer, philosopher and jurist (1895–1974).
Born September 11th, 1895 in Iran.
Died October 19th, 1974 at 79 years old in Tehran.
Spiridon Marinatos
Greek archaeologist (1901-1974).
Born November 4th, 1901 in Lixouri.
Died October 1st, 1974 at 72 years old in Santorini.
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). [ref]
Winfried Otto Schumann
German geophysicist (1888-1974).
Born May 20th, 1888 in Tübingen.
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 86 years old in Munich.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 496
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