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Roger Courtois
1912–1972
association football player, association football coach
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Reverend Gary Davis
1896–1972
street artist, composer, guitarist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
J. Edgar Hoover
1895–1972
military officer, politician, lawyer
Official cause
respiratory failure
Nelson Stamler
1909–1972
politician
Official cause
urinary system disease
Solomon Berson
1918–1972
physicist, university teacher, endocrinologist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Oberdan Sallustro
1915–1972
businessperson
Official cause
gunshot wound
Betty Blythe
1893–1972
film actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Abeid Karume
1905–1972
politician, minister
Official cause
assassination
Robert F. Schulkers
1890–1972
writer, children's writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Brian Donlevy
1901–1972
stage actor, film actor, television actor
Official cause
esophageal cancer
Heinrich Lübke
1894–1972
politician, engineer
Official cause
stomach cancer
Stefan Wolpe
1902–1972
composer, university teacher
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
Mary Lloyd
1902–1972
sailor
Official cause
disease
Arsen Mekokishvili
1912–1972
amateur wrestler, athlete
Official cause
traffic collision
Väinö Leskinen
1917–1972
politician, swimmer, foreign minister
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Shirley Margaret Brifman
1935–1972
prostitute
Official cause
barbiturate overdose
Alexandre Lézine
1906–1972
historian, archaeologist, architect
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Maurice Diot
1922–1972
sport cyclist
Official cause
traffic collision
Kiyokata Kaburaki
1878–1972
painter, essayist, ukiyo-e artist
Official cause
senility
Bill Lawrence
1916–1972
war correspondent, journalist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Kurt R. Grossmann
1897–1972
journalist
Official cause
cardiovascular disease
Erna Sack
1898–1972
opera singer
Official cause
cancer
Matt Goggin
1936–1972
Australian rules football player
Official cause
electrocution
Jessie Royce Landis
1896–1972
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
cancer