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In the year 1975
544 Notable deaths
Michel Simon
Swiss french language actor (1895-1975).
Born April 9th, 1895 in Geneva. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1975 at 80 years old in Bry-sur-Marne (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Murray Leinster
Novelist, short story writer.
Born June 16th, 1896 in Norfolk. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1975 at 78 years old in Gloucester County. [ref]
Kenneth Keating
American politician and diplomat (1900-1975).
Died May 5th, 1975 at 74 years old in New York City.
Detlev Bronk
Scientist.
Born August 13th, 1897 in New York City.
Died November 17th, 1975 at 78 years old in New York City.
Lyubov Orlova
Soviet actress and singer (1900–1975).
Born February 11th, 1902 in Zvenigorod.
Died January 26th, 1975 at 72 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
British mathematician and physicist (1886-1975).
Born March 7th, 1886 in London, St John's Wood. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1975 at 89 years old in Cambridge (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis
Greek architect (1914-1975).
Born May 27th, 1914 in Asenovgrad.
Died June 28th, 1975 at 61 years old in Athens (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Don Barclay
American actor and artist (1892–1975).
Born December 26th, 1892 in Ashland.
Died October 16th, 1975 at 82 years old in Palm Springs.
Franz Josef Huber
German ss general (1902–1975).
Born January 22nd, 1902 in Munich.
Died January 30th, 1975 at 73 years old in Munich.
Christopher Strachey
British computer scientist (1916–1975).
Born November 16th, 1916 in Hampstead.
Died May 18th, 1975 at 58 years old in Oxford.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 544
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