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In the year 1974
566 Notable deaths
Guido Piovene
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1974).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Vicenza. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1974 at 67 years old in London. [ref]
Juan Antonio Ipiña
Spanish footballer (1912-1974).
Born August 23rd, 1912 in Ortuella.
Died September 7th, 1974 at 62 years old in Bilbao.
Knudåge Riisager
Danish composer (1897–1974).
Born March 6th, 1897 in Kunda.
Died December 26th, 1974 at 77 years old in Copenhagen.
Nina Agadzhanova-Shutko
Russian screenwriter (1889-1974).
Born November 8th, 1889 in Krasnodar.
Died December 27th, 1974 at 85 years old in Soviet Union. [ref]
Gertrude Bambrick
Silent film actress (1893-1974).
Born August 24th, 1893 in United States of America.
Died January 10th, 1974 at 80 years old in Boynton Beach.
Margaret Furse
English costume designer (1911-1974).
Born February 18th, 1911 in London.
Died July 8th, 1974 at 63 years old in Kensington (cancer, breast cancer).
Tomotaka Tasaka
Japanese screenwriter and film director (1902–1974).
Born April 14th, 1901 in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Died October 17th, 1974 at 73 years old
George Van Biesbroeck
Astronomer (1880-1974).
Born January 21st, 1880 in Ghent.
Died February 23rd, 1974 at 94 years old in Tucson.
Wolfgang Schadewaldt
German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator (1900–1974).
Born March 15th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died November 10th, 1974 at 74 years old in Tübingen.
Deaths 401 to 410 of 566
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer