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In the year 1974
520 Notable deaths
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna
Afghan artist.
Born April 10th, 1907 in Kabul.
Died January 4th, 1974 at 66 years old in Kabul.
Fritz Szepan
German footballer (1907-1974).
Born September 2nd, 1907 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died December 14th, 1974 at 67 years old in Gelsenkirchen.
Walther Meissner
German physicist (1882–1974).
Born December 16th, 1882 in Berlin.
Died November 16th, 1974 at 91 years old in Munich.
Petar Lubarda
Montenegrin painter (1907-1974).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Ljubotinj. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1974 at 66 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Henry de Monfreid
French writer and adventurer (1879–1974).
Born November 14th, 1879 in Leucate.
Died December 13th, 1974 at 95 years old in Ingrandes.
Seton I. Miller
American screenwriter, film producer.
Born May 3rd, 1902 in Chehalis. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1974 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ivan Susloparov
Soviet major general (1897–1974).
Born October 19th, 1897 in Vyatka Uyezd.
Died December 16th, 1974 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Us tennis and badminton player (1886–1974).
Born December 20th, 1886 in Healdsburg.
Died December 5th, 1974 at 87 years old in Chestnut Hill. [ref]
Andrea Checchi
Italian actor and painter (1916–1974).
Born October 21st, 1916 in Florence.
Died March 31st, 1974 at 57 years old in Rome (polyarteritis nodosa).
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
Turkish writer (1889-1974).
Born March 27th, 1889 in Cairo.
Died December 13th, 1974 at 85 years old in Ankara.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 520
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius