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In the year 1974
496 Notable deaths
Albert Parker
Film director (1885-1974).
Born May 11th, 1885 in New York City.
Died August 10th, 1974 at 89 years old in London.
Lewi Pethrus
Swedish hymnwriter.
Born March 11th, 1884 in Vargön. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1974 at 90 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Sergey Urusevsky
Soviet cinematographer.
Born December 23rd, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 12th, 1974 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Ebe Stignani
Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer.
Born July 11th, 1904 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1974 at 70 years old in Imola. [ref]
Vladimir Smirnov
Russian mathematician (1887-1974).
Born June 10th, 1887 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 11th, 1974 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Elisabeth Abegg
German educationist.
Born March 3rd, 1882 in Strasbourg.
Died August 8th, 1974 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Fred Andrew Seaton
American politician (1909-1974).
Born December 11th, 1909 in Washington, D.C..
Died January 16th, 1974 at 64 years old in Minneapolis.
Paul Frankeur
French actor (1905-1974).
Born June 29th, 1905 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1974 at 69 years old in Nevers (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mikheil Chiaureli
Film director, screenwriter (1894-1974).
Born February 6th, 1894 in Tbilisi.
Died October 31st, 1974 at 80 years old in Tbilisi.
Roger Bastide
French anthropologist and sociologist.
Born April 1st, 1898 in Nîmes. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1974 at 76 years old in Maisons-Laffitte.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 496
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker