In the year 1974
496 Notable deaths
Peng Dehuai
Chinese politician (1898-1974).
Born October 24th, 1898 in Xiangtan County.
Died November 29th, 1974 at 76 years old in Beijing (tuberculosis).
Donald Crisp
English film actor (1882-1974).
Born July 27th, 1882 in London.
Died May 25th, 1974 at 91 years old in Van Nuys (stroke).
Kurt Hahn
German educator (1886-1974).
Born June 5th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died December 14th, 1974 at 88 years old in Heiligenberg.
Hilda Gadea
Peruvian economist, communist leader, and author.
Born March 21st, 1925 in Lima.
Died February 11th, 1974 at 48 years old in Havana (cancer). [ref]
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican painter (1896-1974).
Born December 29th, 1896 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1974 at 77 years old in Cuernavaca. [ref]
Princess Patricia of Connaught
British princess (1886-1974); younger daughter of prince arthur, duke of connaught, and princess louise margaret of prussia.
Born March 17th, 1886 in Buckingham Palace.
Died January 12th, 1974 at 87 years old in Ribsden Holt.
Otto Strasser
German politician, former member of the nazi party, rival of adolf hitler and founder of the black front (1888-1974).
Born September 14th, 1897 in Bad Windsheim.
Died August 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Munich.
Begum Akhtar
Indian musician.
Born October 7th, 1914 in Lucknow.
Died October 30th, 1974 at 60 years old in Ahmedabad.
Yadavindra Singh
Indian cricket player (1913-1974).
Born January 17th, 1913 in Patiala.
Died June 17th, 1974 at 61 years old in The Hague.
Jacqueline Susann
American writer and actress (1918-1974).
Born August 20th, 1918 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 56 years old in New York City (breast cancer). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 496
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore