Search examples: Microsoft | 2015 | 2014/10 | 4.12 | 04/20 | 05/26/1980 | Galileo Galilei

Deaths on the year of 1972 in history

Deaths
Date Text
01 Jan 1972 Jane Morgan: Actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
0
01 Jan 1972 Maurice A Chevalier: French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
0
01 Jan 1972 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
0
03 Jan 1972 Frans Masereel: Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
0
03 Jan 1972 Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
0
04 Jan 1972 Carl-Olof Anderberg: Composer, dies at 57
0
06 Jan 1972 Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
0
07 Jan 1972 Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek composer (b. 1893)
0
07 Jan 1972 John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
0
08 Jan 1972 Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
0
09 Jan 1972 Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
0
10 Jan 1972 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
0
10 Jan 1972 Sverre Jordan composer, dies at 82
0
10 Jan 1972 Georg Rendl Austrian miner/bee-keeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
0
10 Jan 1972 Al Goodman Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
0
11 Jan 1972 Padraic Colum, Irish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
0
12 Jan 1972 Padraic Colum Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90
0
14 Jan 1972 Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
0
14 Jan 1972 Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
0
14 Jan 1972 Frederik IX [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72
0
15 Jan 1972 Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
0
16 Jan 1972 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1919)
0
16 Jan 1972 Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
0
16 Jan 1972 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian] (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
0
17 Jan 1972 Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
0
17 Jan 1972 Rochelle Hudson actress (That's My Boy, Curly Top), dies from pneumonia at 55
0
18 Jan 1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, dies at 69
0
19 Jan 1972 Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
0
24 Jan 1972 Jerome Cowan actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
0
25 Jan 1972 Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
0
27 Jan 1972 Mahalia Jackson, American singer and actress (b. 1911)
0
27 Jan 1972 Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1888)
0
28 Jan 1972 Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker: Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
0
30 Jan 1972 Karel Boleslav Jirak composer, dies at 81
0
31 Jan 1972 Howard Barlow conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
0
31 Jan 1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
0
31 Jan 1972 Istvan Szelenyi composer, dies at 67
0
02 Feb 1972 Jessie Royce Landis: Actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
0
02 Feb 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
0
03 Feb 1972 John Litel: Actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
0
05 Feb 1972 Marianne Moore, American poet and author (b. 1887)
0
06 Feb 1972 Julian H Steward: US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
0
07 Feb 1972 Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
0
08 Feb 1972 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
0
11 Feb 1972 Jan Wils, Dutch architect, designed the Olympic Stadium (b. 1891)
0
14 Feb 1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre: Composer / conductor (Dike), dies at 65
0
14 Feb 1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
0
15 Feb 1972 Edgar P Snow US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
0
15 Feb 1972 Jef [Josephus CF] Last Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73
0
17 Feb 1972 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov composer, dies at 67
0
17 Feb 1972 Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founder (San Francisco Zen Center),
0
19 Feb 1972 Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
0
19 Feb 1972 Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
0
19 Feb 1972 John Grierson, Scottish-English director and producer (b. 1898)
0
20 Feb 1972 Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
0
20 Feb 1972 Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
0
20 Feb 1972 Herbert Menges composer, dies at 69
0
21 Feb 1972 Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
0
21 Feb 1972 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
0
21 Feb 1972 Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
0
22 Feb 1972 Walter Sande actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
0
23 Feb 1972 Michael Taube composer, dies at 81
0
26 Feb 1972 Tom Manders Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
0
27 Feb 1972 Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
0
28 Feb 1972 Victor Barna table tennis champion, dies
0
29 Feb 1972 Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
0
01 Mar 1972 Victor Babin: Composer, dies at 63
0
02 Mar 1972 Bill Lawrence: News anchor (ABC), dies at 56
0
02 Mar 1972 Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)
0
02 Mar 1972 Herbert Feis, American historian and economist (b. 1893)
0
04 Mar 1972 Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
0
05 Mar 1972 Nils Bjorkander: Composer, dies at 78
0
08 Mar 1972 Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (b. 1899)
0
11 Mar 1972 Fredric [William] Brown sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
0
13 Mar 1972 Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
0
16 Mar 1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor: Hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
0
16 Mar 1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 72
0
17 Mar 1972 Manny Martindale cricketer (10 Tests for West Indies, 34 wickets), dies
0
20 Mar 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
0
20 Mar 1972 Aad de Haas Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
0
20 Mar 1972 Jan Engelman Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
0
23 Mar 1972 Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (b. 1895)
0
27 Mar 1972 Raimund Schelcher, Tanzanian-German actor (b. 1910)
0
27 Mar 1972 M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (b. 1898)
0
27 Mar 1972 Sharkey Bonano, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1904)
0
27 Mar 1972 Maurits C Escher Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73
0
29 Mar 1972 J Arthur Rank 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
0
30 Mar 1972 Peter Whitney, American actor (b. 1916)
0
30 Mar 1972 Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (b. 1890)
0
30 Mar 1972 Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946)
0
30 Mar 1972 Gabriel Heather US news anchor, dies at 81
0
31 Mar 1972 Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1932)
0
02 Apr 1972 Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
0
02 Apr 1972 Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
0
02 Apr 1972 Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
0
03 Apr 1972 Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe: Composer, dies at 80
0
03 Apr 1972 Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
0
04 Apr 1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot: Co-founder / editor in chief (illegal)
0
04 Apr 1972 Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
0
04 Apr 1972 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
0
05 Apr 1972 Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
0
05 Apr 1972 Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)
0
07 Apr 1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo: Mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
0
07 Apr 1972 Victor Wong: Actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
0
07 Apr 1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
0
07 Apr 1972 Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
0
12 Apr 1972 C W Ceram [Kurt Marek] German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
0
12 Apr 1972 Henri Potiron composer, dies at 89
0
15 Apr 1972 Otto Brenner German trade union leader, dies at 64
0
16 Apr 1972 Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
0
16 Apr 1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
0
19 Apr 1972 Adolf Bach German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
0
24 Apr 1972 Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
0
25 Apr 1972 George Sanders, English actor and singer (b. 1906)
0
26 Apr 1972 Margaret A R Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
0
27 Apr 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
0
27 Apr 1972 Phil King rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
0
29 Apr 1972 Ntare V deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
0
30 Apr 1972 Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
0
30 Apr 1972 Ntare V king of Burundi, murdered
0
01 May 1972 Fernand Ansseau: Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82
0
02 May 1972 Hugo Hartung: Writer, dies at 69
0
02 May 1972 J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
0
03 May 1972 Les Harvey: Rocker
0
03 May 1972 Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (b. 1944)
0
03 May 1972 Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
0
03 May 1972 Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
0
03 May 1972 Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
0
04 May 1972 Manny Ziener, German actress (b. 1887)
0
04 May 1972 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
0
05 May 1972 Rev Gary David: Vocalist, dies at 76
0
06 May 1972 Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish activist (b. 1947)
0
08 May 1972 Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
0
11 May 1972 Michael Blassie, American lieutenant (b. 1948)
0
13 May 1972 Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
0
15 May 1972 Nigel Green actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
0
16 May 1972 Maxime Dumoulin composer, dies at 79
0
18 May 1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53
0
20 May 1972 Cornelis J van der Klauw Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78
0
20 May 1972 Walter Winchell columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
0
22 May 1972 Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish-English poet and author (b. 1904)
0
22 May 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
0
24 May 1972 Ismail Yassine, Egyptian actor (b. 1915)
0
24 May 1972 Asta Nielsen actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
0
24 May 1972 Gavin Muir actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
0
28 May 1972 Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
0
28 May 1972 Duke of Windsor who abdicated the throne, dies in Paris at 77
0
29 May 1972 Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
0
29 May 1972 Prithviraj Kapoor, Pakistani-Indian actor (b. 1906)
0
29 May 1972 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer (b. 1878)
0
30 May 1972 Margaret Ruthven Lang composer, dies at 104
0
31 May 1972 Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician (b. 1895)
0
02 Jun 1972 Franz Philipp: Composer, dies at 81
0
04 Jun 1972 Godfried Devreese: Composer, dies at 79
0
08 Jun 1972 Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (b. 1901)
0
09 Jun 1972 Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
0
12 Jun 1972 Edmund Wilson: US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79
0
12 Jun 1972 Saul David Alinsky radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63
0
13 Jun 1972 Clyde L Mcphatter: US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39
0
13 Jun 1972 Clyde McPhatter, American singer (Billy Ward and his Dominoes and The Drifters) (b. 1932)
0
13 Jun 1972 Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
0
13 Jun 1972 Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
0
13 Jun 1972 Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
0
20 Jun 1972 Horst Salomon: Writer
0
20 Jun 1972 Howard Johnson: US restaurant / hotel founder, dies at 75
0
20 Jun 1972 Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (b. 1897)
0
21 Jun 1972 Seth Bingham: Composer, dies at 90
0
23 Jun 1972 Elton Britt country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
0
25 Jun 1972 Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter (b. 1890)
0
26 Jun 1972 David Lichine [Lichtenstein]: Russian / US choreographer, dies at 61
0
02 Jul 1972 Joseph F Smith, Jr.: Leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
0
02 Jul 1972 Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
0
03 Jul 1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell: Jazz artist, dies at 68
0
06 Jul 1972 Brandon De Wilde: Actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
0
06 Jul 1972 Sam de Grasse: Dies at 97
0
06 Jul 1972 Brandon deWilde, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
0
07 Jul 1972 Athenagoras: 268th patriarch of Constantinople
0
07 Jul 1972 Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
0
07 Jul 1972 Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
0
09 Jul 1972 Robert Weede, American opera singer (b. 1903)
0
10 Jul 1972 Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (b. 1882)
0
16 Jul 1972 Giorgio Nataletti: Composer, dies at 65
0
16 Jul 1972 Max Zehnder: Composer, dies at 70
0
20 Jul 1972 Geeta Dutt, Indian singer (b. 1930)
0
21 Jul 1972 Ralph Craig, American sprinter (b. 1889)
0
21 Jul 1972 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
0
21 Jul 1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck king of Bhutan, dies
0
22 Jul 1972 Hugo Kauder: Composer, dies at 84
0
22 Jul 1972 Pavel Borkovek: Composer, dies at 78
0
24 Jul 1972 Bobby Ramirez drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
0
30 Jul 1972 K. S. Arulnandhy, Sri Lankan academic (b. 1899)
0
31 Jul 1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
0
02 Aug 1972 Rudolf Ganz: Composer, dies at 95
0
02 Aug 1972 Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942)
0
02 Aug 1972 Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
0
02 Aug 1972 Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887)
0
03 Aug 1972 Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
0
05 Aug 1972 Frederic Tozere: Actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71
0
07 Aug 1972 Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)
0
07 Aug 1972 Aspasia Manos, Greek wife of Alexander of Greece (b. 1896)
0
08 Aug 1972 Andrea Feldman, American actress (b. 1948)
0
09 Aug 1972 Bill Berns: Commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
0
09 Aug 1972 Richard Elsasser: Composer, dies at 45
0
11 Aug 1972 Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
0
13 Aug 1972 George Wiess: General Manager (New York Yankees), dies at 78
0
14 Aug 1972 Pierre Brasseur: French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66
0
14 Aug 1972 Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
0
14 Aug 1972 Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
0
15 Aug 1972 Alf Thorbald Hurum: Composer, dies at 89
0
16 Aug 1972 John Barnes Chance: Composer, dies at 39
0
16 Aug 1972 Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
0
17 Aug 1972 Raymond Brulez: Flemish Author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
0
17 Aug 1972 Wampilow: Writer
0
23 Aug 1972 Balis Dvarionas: Composer, dies at 68
0
24 Aug 1972 Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas: US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
0
25 Aug 1972 Juan Carlos Paz: Composer, dies at 71
0
25 Aug 1972 Robert Denzler: Composer, dies at 80
0
26 Aug 1972 Jacques Gans: Dutch Author / journalist, dies at 63
0
28 Aug 1972 William HAF: Engl prince / grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
0
28 Aug 1972 Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
0
29 Aug 1972 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson: German night club performer / singer
0
29 Aug 1972 Rene Leibowitz: Composer, dies at 59
0
29 Aug 1972 Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
0
01 Sep 1972 May Aufderheide: Composer, dies at 84
0
05 Sep 1972 Josef Romano: Israeli olympian, murdered
0
05 Sep 1972 Mosje Weinberg: Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
0
05 Sep 1972 Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
0
05 Sep 1972 Yossef Romano, Israeli weightlifter (b. 1940)
0
05 Sep 1972 Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (b. 1939)
0
06 Sep 1972 Victims of the Munich massacre (Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945), David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944), Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944), Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931), Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948), Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932), Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919), Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954), Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945), Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921))
0
06 Sep 1972 Allauddin Khan, Indian sarod player and composer (b. 1862)
0
07 Sep 1972 Jacques Pirenne: Belgian historian, dies at 81
0
07 Sep 1972 Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
0
11 Sep 1972 Max Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1883)
0
12 Sep 1972 William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
0
14 Sep 1972 Kornelis Posthumus: Chemist, dies at 70
0
15 Sep 1972 Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Composer, dies at 66
0
15 Sep 1972 Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (b. 1887)
0
17 Sep 1972 Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (b. 1899)
0
19 Sep 1972 Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
0
20 Sep 1972 Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)
0
21 Sep 1972 Henry M de Montherlant: French Author (Port Royal), dies at 76
0
21 Sep 1972 Henry de Montherlant, French author and playwright (b. 1896)
0
22 Sep 1972 Robert KJE Antonissen: South African literary, dies at 53
0
23 Sep 1972 Carl Frank actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63
0
26 Sep 1972 Charles J Correll: Actor / voice (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82
0
26 Sep 1972 Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
0
27 Sep 1972 S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
0
27 Sep 1972 Rory Storm lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide
0
28 Sep 1972 Maurice Thiriet: Composer, dies at 66
0
28 Sep 1972 Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
0
01 Oct 1972 Kurt Hiller: Writer, dies at 87
0
01 Oct 1972 Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
0
04 Oct 1972 Colin Gordon: Actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
0
04 Oct 1972 Louis S B Leakey: Archaeologist / anthropologist, dies at 68
0
09 Oct 1972 Giuseppe Capogrossi: Italian painter, dies at 72
0
09 Oct 1972 Miriam Hopkins, American actress and singer (b. 1902)
0
12 Oct 1972 Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor (b. 1900)
0
14 Oct 1972 Joseph Kaminski: Composer, dies at 68
0
16 Oct 1972 Nick Begich, American politician (b. 1932)
0
16 Oct 1972 Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
0
16 Oct 1972 Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)
0
17 Oct 1972 Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
0
17 Oct 1972 George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
0
17 Oct 1972 Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (b. 1910)
0
20 Oct 1972 Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
0
22 Oct 1972 Kurt Edzard: German Sculptor (nudist / portraits)
0
24 Oct 1972 Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
0
24 Oct 1972 Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
0
25 Oct 1972 Norman Norell [Levinson]: US fashion designer, dies at 72
0
26 Oct 1972 Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
0
27 Oct 1972 Lew Parker actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
0
30 Oct 1972 Alan Roth orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
0
31 Oct 1972 Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
0
31 Oct 1972 Marcia Healy, American actress (b. 1904)
0
01 Nov 1972 Ezra Loomis Pound: US Poet (Throne), dies at 87
0
01 Nov 1972 Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish novelist (b. 1902)
0
01 Nov 1972 Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
0
01 Nov 1972 Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (b. 1885)
0
05 Nov 1972 Reginald Owen: Actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85
0
05 Nov 1972 Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
0
06 Nov 1972 Billy Murcia: Rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
0
07 Nov 1972 Tod Andrews: Actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies at 51
0
11 Nov 1972 Berry Oakley: US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
0
12 Nov 1972 Rudolf Friml: Czech / US Composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92
0
14 Nov 1972 Martin Dies: (Rep) / 1st Chairman of House Un-American
0
16 Nov 1972 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko: Composer, dies at 87
0
18 Nov 1972 Danny Whitten: Rocker, dies of a drug overdose
0
18 Nov 1972 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade: Composer, dies at 90
0
23 Nov 1972 Marie Wilson actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
0
24 Nov 1972 Hall Overton: US Composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
0
25 Nov 1972 Hans H B Scharoun: German Architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79
0
28 Nov 1972 Gustave Frederic Soderlund: Composer, dies at 91
0
28 Nov 1972 Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
0
29 Nov 1972 Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
0
30 Nov 1972 Hans-Erich Apostel: Austrian Composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
0
30 Nov 1972 Neil H McElroy: Soap manufacturer / Minister of Defense (1957-59)
0
30 Nov 1972 Valentin Ruiz Azner: Composer, dies at 70
0
30 Nov 1972 Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
0
01 Dec 1972 Antonio Segni: Italian Prime Minister / President (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81
0
01 Dec 1972 Andreas Tzimas, Greek communist politician and Resistance leader (b. 1909)
0
02 Dec 1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen: German Luftwaffe General
0
02 Dec 1972 Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (b. 1893)
0
03 Dec 1972 William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
0
06 Dec 1972 Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
0
08 Dec 1972 George Collins: (Rep-Ill), dies at 47 in an airplane crash
0
09 Dec 1972 Louella Parsons, American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1881)
0
10 Dec 1972 Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
0
10 Dec 1972 Mark A Van Doren US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
0
11 Dec 1972 John Mills cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies
0
11 Dec 1972 Semjon I Kirsanov Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66
0
13 Dec 1972 Gustav Schwarzenegger, Austrian police officer (b. 1907)
0
15 Dec 1972 Edward Earle actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
0
15 Dec 1972 Herbert Eimert German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
0
17 Dec 1972 Erwin Dressel composer, dies at 63
0
19 Dec 1972 Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888)
0
20 Dec 1972 G
0
21 Dec 1972 Horace Mann Bond president of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), dies at 70
0
23 Dec 1972 Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)
0
23 Dec 1972 Andrej N Tupolev Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
0
24 Dec 1972 Daniel McVey, Australian public servant (b. 1892)
0
24 Dec 1972 Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
0
24 Dec 1972 Melville Ruick, American actor (b. 1898)
0
24 Dec 1972 Charles Atlas [Angelo Siciliano] body builder, dies at 79
0
24 Dec 1972 Ernst Kreuder writer, dies at 69
0
26 Dec 1972 Harry Truman: 33rd US President (1945-53), dies at 88 in Kansas City, Missouri
0
26 Dec 1972 Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
0
27 Dec 1972 Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
0
29 Dec 1972 Joseph Cornell, American artist (b. 1903)
0
29 Dec 1972 Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
0
29 Dec 1972 Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83
0
31 Dec 1972 Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirate slugger, dies in a plane crash at 38
0
year 1971 year 1973
© 2016 OnThisDay.net All rights reserved.
Loaded in 0.0461s.