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In the year 1974
544 Notable deaths
Elisabeth Abegg
German educationist.
Born March 3rd, 1882 in Strasbourg.
Died August 8th, 1974 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Alma Taylor
British actress (1895-1974).
Born January 3rd, 1895 in London.
Died January 23rd, 1974 at 79 years old in London.
Albert Parker
Film director (1885-1974).
Born May 11th, 1885 in New York City.
Died August 10th, 1974 at 89 years old in London.
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Writer, artist, art historian (1884-1974).
Born June 19th, 1884 in Montpellier. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1974 at 90 years old in Saint-Jeannet. [ref]
Eduardo Santos
Colombian lawyer, politician, and journalist (1888-1974).
Born August 28th, 1888 in Bogotá.
Died March 27th, 1974 at 85 years old in Bogotá.
Sergey Alexeyevich Lebedev
Soviet computer scientist (1902–1974).
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died July 3rd, 1974 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Jean Absil
Belgian composer, organist, and professor (1893-1974).
Born October 23rd, 1893 in Péruwelz.
Died February 2nd, 1974 at 80 years old in Uccle.
Zaharia Stancu
Romanian writer (1902–1974).
Born October 5th, 1902 in Salcia.
Died December 5th, 1974 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Laura Clifford Barney
American baháʼí teacher and philanthropist (1879–1974).
Born November 30th, 1879 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1974 at 94 years old in Paris.
Sergey Urusevsky
Soviet cinematographer.
Born December 23rd, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 12th, 1974 at 65 years old in Moscow.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot