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In the year 1975
497 Notable deaths
François Tombalbaye
President of chad (1918-1975).
Born June 15th, 1918 in Moyen-Chari Prefecture.
Died April 13th, 1975 at 56 years old in N'Djamena (coup d'état).
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck
German politician (1897-1975).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Schönhausen.
Died December 24th, 1975 at 78 years old in Friedrichsruh.
Pavel Sukhoi
Soviet aeroplanes designer.
Born July 22nd, 1895 in Hlybokaje.
Died September 15th, 1975 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Carl Lutz
Swiss diplomat and righteous among the nations.
Born March 30th, 1895 in Walzenhausen.
Died February 12th, 1975 at 79 years old in Bern (myocardial infarction).
Elizabeth Taylor
British writer 1912-1975.
Born July 3rd, 1912 in Reading.
Died November 19th, 1975 at 63 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Cambodian prince.
Born January 22nd, 1914 in Phnom Penh. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1975 at 61 years old in Phnom Penh (decapitation). [ref]
Hiroshi Ōshima
Japanese general (1886-1975).
Born April 19th, 1886 in Iwamura.
Died June 6th, 1975 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
Franz Six
German general.
Born August 12th, 1909 in Mannheim.
Died July 9th, 1975 at 65 years old in Bolzano.
Mascha Kaléko
German poet (1907-1975).
Born June 7th, 1912 in Chrzanów. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1975 at 62 years old in Zürich (stomach cancer). [ref]
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
German physicist (1887-1975).
Born July 22nd, 1887 in Hamburg.
Died October 30th, 1975 at 88 years old in East Berlin.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan