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In the year 1975
497 Notable deaths
Zhang Zhixin
Chinese dissident (1930-1975).
Born December 5th, 1930 in Tianjin.
Died April 4th, 1975 at 44 years old in Shanghai (decapitation).
Boris Blacher
German composer.
Born January 19th, 1906 in Yingkou. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1975 at 69 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Venezuelan architect.
Born May 30th, 1900 in London. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1975 at 75 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Lawrence Weingarten
American film producer (1897-1975).
Born December 30th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died February 5th, 1975 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
Georgian writer.
Born May 15th, 1893 in Abasha.
Died July 17th, 1975 at 82 years old in Tbilisi.
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer (1898-1975).
Born May 14th, 1898 in Bunkie. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1975 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
Valentina Serova
Soviet actor (1917-1975).
Born December 23rd, 1917 in Kharkiv.
Died December 12th, 1975 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Feng Zikai
Chinese artist and writer (1898-1975).
Born November 9th, 1898 in Tongxiang.
Died September 15th, 1975 at 76 years old in Shanghai (lung cancer).
Rowland V. Lee
Film director (1891-1975).
Born September 6th, 1891 in Findlay. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1975 at 84 years old in Palm Desert (disease). [ref]
Olga Bergholz
Soviet poet.
Born May 16th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1975 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 497
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot