List of Famous people who died at 70

Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas was the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 until his death in 2013. Taufiq was the husband of Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004.

Shōji Nakayama was a Japanese film actor.

Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya was a Swazi Anglican bishop.

Qiao Guanhua was a politician and diplomat in the People's Republic of China and played an important role in the talks with United States on the opening of China and the drafting of the Shanghai Communiqué.

Lorenz Funk Sr. was an ice hockey player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Francis Bouygues was a French businessman and film producer. He founded the industrial company Bouygues in 1952 and ran it until 1989, when his son Martin Bouygues succeeded him.

Brendan Smyth O.Praem was a Catholic priest from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Catholic Church to obtain access to his victims. During a period of over 40 years, Smyth sexually abused and indecently assaulted at least 143 children in parishes in Belfast, Dublin and the United States. His actions were frequently hidden from police and the public by Roman Catholic officials. Controversy surrounding his case contributed to the downfall of the government of Republic of Ireland in December 1994.

Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi was an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric and conservative politician who was the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council from 14 August 2017 until his death on 24 December 2018. He was previously the Chief Justice of Iran from 1999 to 2009.

Gennadi Leonidipa Gagulia was an Abkhazian politician who was three-time Prime Minister of Abkhazia and the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He served as the first prime minister of Abkhazia after the post was established by the constitution in 1995, holding it until 1997. He returned to the post in 2002 and remained for several months into 2003, and held it for a final time in 2018 until he was killed in a car crash.

Rainer Kussmaul was a German Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor.