List of Famous people who died at 70

Donald "Duck" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records, including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Bill Withers, Elvis Presley and many others. In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He is ranked number 40 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time".

Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982).

Thérèse Allah, better known as Allah Thérèse, was a traditional singer from the village of Gbofia in the sub-prefecture of Toumodi. A pioneer of traditional Ivorian music, Allah Thérèse was made a Knight of the Ivorian Order of Merit in 2014. She was known for her signature hairstyle, "Akôrou Koffié". In her native language of Baoule, Allah translated to iroko.

Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director.

Luis Federico Salas-Guevara Schultz was a Peruvian politician. He was the 49th Prime Minister of Peru in 2000, being the final prime minister of President Alberto Fujimori's decade-long rule.

Nikolai Stepanovich Gorbachev was a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Norma Delia Orizi known by her stage name Norma Pons, was an Argentine actress and vedette.

Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, also known as Peter Melchett, was an English jurist and politician. He succeeded to the title of Baron Melchett in 1973.

John Richard Basehart was an American actor. He starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television science-fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68). He also portrayed Wilton Knight in the pilot episode of the TV series Knight Rider (1982), and provided the narration that was heard during the opening credits throughout the entire series.

Colin Clark was a British writer and filmmaker who specialised in films about the arts, for cinema and television.