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In the year 1975
544 Notable deaths
Giulio Basletta
Italian fencer (1890-1975).
Born May 5th, 1890 in Vigevano.
Died February 5th, 1975 at 84 years old in Vigevano.
William Cockburn
Canadian ice hockey player (1902-1975).
Born March 1st, 1902 in Toronto.
Died March 21st, 1975 at 73 years old in Winnipeg.
Hans Johner
Swiss chess player (1889-1975).
Born January 7th, 1889 in Basel.
Died December 2nd, 1975 at 86 years old in Thalwil.
Margaret Levyns
South african botanist (1890-1975).
Born October 24th, 1890 in Cape Town.
Died November 11th, 1975 at 85 years old in Cape Town.
Antonín Vodička
Czech footballer (1907-1975).
Born March 1st, 1907 in Prague, Vršovice.
Died August 9th, 1975 at 68 years old in Czechoslovakia.
Shojiro Sugimura
Japanese association football player.
Born April 4th, 1905 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died January 15th, 1975 at 69 years old in Bunkyō-ku (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Janina Konarska
Polish artist (1900-1975).
Born April 30th, 1900 in Łódź.
Died June 9th, 1975 at 75 years old in Warsaw.
Tivadar Kanizsa
Hungarian water polo player (1933-1975).
Born April 4th, 1933 in Debrecen.
Died November 4th, 1975 at 42 years old in Jásztelek (traffic collision).
Erzsébet Schaár
Hungarian sculptor (1905–1975).
Born July 27th, 1908 in Budafok. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1975 at 67 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Benjamin Vanninen
Cross-country skier.
Born June 29th, 1921 in Sortavalan maalaiskunta.
Died April 22nd, 1975 at 53 years old in Heinola.
Deaths 491 to 500 of 544
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer