Famous People Who Died in 1970 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 313 of 313

• Aug 6 Ingolf Dahl [Marcus], German-American pianist and composer (Allegro and Arioso), dies at 56
• Aug 7 Harold Haley, American judge, shot dead in courthouse shootout in San Rafael at 67

• Aug 7 James McClain, US African American activist, shot dead
• Aug 7 Jonathan Jackson, US African American activist, shot dead in a shootout at 17
• Aug 7 William Christmas, US African American activist, shot dead
• Aug 7 Syd Buller, English cricket umpire (33 Tests 1956-69), dies at 60
• Aug 8 Johnny Goodman, American golfer (US Open 1933), dies at 60
• Aug 10 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (The Soldiers Requiem), commits suicide at 52
• Aug 10 Alexander Gode, German-American linguist, dies at 63
• Aug 12 Glenn Hartranft, American athlete (discus WR 47.89m 1925; Olympic silver shot putt 1924), dies at 68
• Aug 13 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, Russian composer, dies at 75

• Aug 14 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62
• Aug 15 Karl August Andersen, Norwegian cellist and composer, dies at 66
• Aug 17 Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), dies at 62
• Aug 19 Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian, dies at 60
• Aug 20 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86
• Aug 21 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, dies at 79
• Aug 22 Richard Frank Donovan, American organist, teacher, and composer (Smoek and Steel; Wood-Notes), dies at 78
• Aug 22 Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
• Aug 23 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher, dies at 55
• Aug 29 Mary Clare, British actress, dies at 78
• Aug 30 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
• Aug 30 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
• Sep 1 Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet and playwright (Nobel 1952), dies at 84
• Sep 2 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
• Sep 3 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27

• Sep 4 James M. Taylor, American USAF officer and astronaut, killed during a training mission at 39
• Sep 5 Jochen Rindt, Austrian auto racer (posthumous World F1 title 1970), dies of throat injuries in practice accident at 28
• Sep 6 Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies
• Sep 8 Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)

• Sep 11 Chester Morris, American actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
• Sep 11 Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), dies at 84
• Sep 14 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher and mathematician, dies at 79

• Sep 19 Greville Stevens, British cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies at 69
• Sep 21 Gijsbert Friedhoff, Dutch architect (Wibautstrat tax office, Amsterdam), dies at 78
• Sep 23 Bourvil [André Robert Raimbourg], French actor and singer (Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille), dies of Kahler's syndrome at 53
• Sep 25 Efim Golishev, Ukrainian painter and composer, dies at 73
• Sep 25 Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front), dies at 72

• Sep 28 John Roderigo Dos Passos, American writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74
• Sep 29 Edward Everett Horton, American actor and narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
• Sep 30 Patrick Aherne, British actor (Green Dolphin Street, Rocketship X-M, The Court Jester), dies at 69
• Oct 1 Hans Poser, German composer, dies at 52
• Oct 1 Petar Konjović, Serbian composer, dies at 87
• Oct 2 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, dies at 79
• Oct 2 Bo Linde, Swedish neo-classical composer, dies at 37
• Oct 4 George Frederick McKay, American composer, dies at 71

• Oct 4 Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46
• Oct 8 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
• Oct 8 Lucien Goldmann, Romanian-French sociologist and philosopher, dies at 57
• Oct 8 Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
• Oct 9 Jean Giono, French writer (Le Hussard sur le toit), dies at 75
• Oct 10 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60

• Oct 11 Anis Fuleihan, American composer, dies at 69
• Oct 12 Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet, dies at 40
• Oct 13 Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
• Oct 17 Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)
• Oct 17 Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
• Oct 19 Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, dies at 54
• Oct 20 Patrick Wymark [Cheeseman], British actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies of a heart attack at 44

• Oct 22 René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
• Oct 24 Richard Hofstadter, American historian, dies at 54
• Oct 28 Baby Huey [James Ramey], American rock and soul singer (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies of a drug-related heart attack at 26
• Oct 28 Eduardo López-Chávarri y Marco, Spanish composer, music critic and lawyer, dies at 99
• Nov 2 Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
• Nov 3 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last King of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
• Nov 6 Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and one of the most popular songwriters of his era (Granada, Solamente Una Vez), dies at 73
• Nov 8 Huw T. Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician, dies at 77
• Nov 8 Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (Think and Grow Rich), dies at 87
• Nov 9 William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84

• Nov 12 Gene Gifford American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger (Jean Goldkette; Casa Loma Orchestra), dies at 62
• Nov 17 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), dies at 69
• Nov 18 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
• Nov 21 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, dies at 83
• Nov 21 Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82
• Nov 23 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
• Nov 24 Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
• Nov 25 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45
• Nov 26 B O Davis Sr, 1st African American general, dies at 93 in Chicago
• Nov 28 Fritz von Unruh, German writer, dies at 85
• Nov 28 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani), dies at 55
• Nov 28 Nina Ricci, French fashion couturiere (Nina Ricci), dies at 87
• Nov 29 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, dies at 65
• Nov 29 Karl Ottó Runólfsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 70
• Dec 1 Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C'ships, Yorkshire), dies at 60
• Dec 6 Thomas S Power, American USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65

• Dec 7 Romaine Brooks [Beatrice Romaine Goddard], American painter, dies at 96
• Dec 8 Christopher Kelk Ingold, English chemist (Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules), dies at 77
• Dec 9 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
• Dec 9 Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
• Dec 12 Louis Zimmer, Flemish astronomer and clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
• Dec 12 Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (Member of the Australian Parliament for Bourke), dies at 81
• Dec 14 Franz Schlegelberger, German Nazi politician, dies at 94
• Dec 14 Elmer Schoebel, American jazz pianist, arranger (New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Isham Jones), and composer ("Farewell Blues"; "Prince Of Wails"), dies at 73
• Dec 23 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), dies at 84
• Dec 23 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), dies at 52
• Dec 23 Bessie Abramowitz Hillman, Russian-American labor leader and founder of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, dies at 71
• Dec 24 Gideon Nxumalo, South African jazz pianist, marimba player, and composer (Jazz Fantasia), dies at 41
• Dec 26 Lillian Board, British 400m athlete (Olympic silver 1968), dies at 22
• Dec 28 L. Mendel Rivers, US politician (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
• Dec 29 John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
• Dec 29 Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite, dies at 61
• Dec 29 William King Gregory, American palaeontologist (mammalian teeth, evolutionary theory), dies at 94

• Dec 31 Cyril Scott, English composer and author (Alchemist), dies at 91

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