List of Famous people who died at 70

Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978. Previous to his appointment as a French Minister, Guiringuaud served as France's permanent representative to the UN from 1972 to 1976, also presiding as a member of the United Nations Security Council.

Mamdouh Muhammad Salem was the 39th Prime Minister of Egypt from April 16, 1975 to October 2, 1978.

Ilya Vekua (Georgian: ილია ვეკუა, Russian: Илья́ Не́сторович Ве́куа; 23 April 1907 in the village of Sheshelety, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire was a distinguished Georgian mathematician, specializing in partial differential equations, singular integral equations, generalized analytic functions and the mathematical theory of elastic shells.

Henryk Rzętkowski was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1924 and 1960.

Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. was the Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh from 2002 until his death.

Dino Staffa was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1967 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.

David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.