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Nick Begich
1932–1972
politician, school teacher, school superintendent
Official cause
aircraft crash
Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
1895–1972
entrepreneur
Official cause
cancer
Norman Arthur Wakefield
1918–1972
botanist, paleontologist, botanical collector
Official cause
falling from height
Calvin Frazier
1915–1972
singer, songwriter
Official cause
cancer
Michèle Philippe
1926–1972
actor
Official cause
leukemia
Benedicto Kiwanuka
1922–1972
judge, politician, military personnel
Official cause
immolation; extra-judicial killing
Henry de Montherlant
1895–1972
writer, playwright, novelist
Official cause
cyanide poisoning
William Fitts Ryan
1922–1972
politician, lawyer, judge
Official cause
cancer
Akim Tamiroff
1899–1972
actor
Official cause
cancer
Eddie Waitkus
1919–1972
baseball player
Official cause
esophageal cancer
Mike Bryan
1916–1972
jazz musician, jazz guitarist
Official cause
leukemia
Carol Karp
1926–1972
mathematician, university teacher
Official cause
breast cancer
James Patterson
1932–1972
actor, stage actor
Official cause
cancer
Miles E. Mills
1891–1972
politician
Official cause
cancer
Baby Tate
1916–1972
singer, musician
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Alexander Vampilov
1937–1972
playwright, writer, prose writer
Official cause
drowning
John Barnes Chance
1932–1972
composer
Official cause
electrocution
Viola Lyel
1900–1972
actor, film actor
Official cause
disease
Pierre Brasseur
1905–1972
film actor, stage actor, screenwriter
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Oscar Levant
1906–1972
actor, composer, pianist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Göran Gentele
1917–1972
film director, actor, director
Official cause
traffic collision
Aline B. Saarinen
1914–1972
journalist, architect, art critic
Official cause
brain cancer
Serge Golon
1903–1972
writer, geological engineer, painter
Official cause
stroke
Abdul-Rahman Faramarzi
1897–1972
journalist, professor, writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction