List of Famous people who died at 70

Elisabeth Volkmann was a German actress and voice actor, best known for her part in the German absurd comedy series Klimbim (1973–1979), which was watched by millions of viewers in Germany and, later on, as the voice of Marge Simpson in the German dub of The Simpsons. Volkmann was born in Essen and died in Munich.

Melvin Farr was an American football player and businessman.

Shinichi Eto was a Japanese professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Ivan Leonidovich Lubennikov was a Russian painter, who lived and worked in Moscow.

Peggy Cooper Cafritz was an American art collector, educator, civil rights activist, philanthropist, and socialite.

John Phillip Law was an American film actor.

Jacek Niedźwiedzki was a professional tennis player from Poland.

Sir Stephen John Cleobury was an English organist and music director. He worked with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where he served as music director from 1982 to 2019, and with the BBC Singers.

Shi Pei Pu was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy who obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced the man that he was a woman. He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through their relations. The story made headlines in France when the facts were revealed.

Shizuko Kasagi was a popular Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she was known as the "Queen of the Boogie-Woogie" .