List of Famous people who died at 70

Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.

Lobsang Rampa is the pen name of an author who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. His best known work is The Third Eye, published in Britain in 1956.

Margarete Charlotte Haimberger-Tanzer was an Austrian lawyer, prosecutor and judge. Haimberger-Tanzer was the first woman to serve as a criminal judge at a court in the Republic of Austria and one of the first female judges in Austrian legal history. In 1950, Margarete Haimberger was appointed as the first woman criminal judge and thereby initially transferred to the district court Bad Ischl. A year later, she returned to the Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters, where she was the first examining magistrate and in 1956 was the first woman chairing a Schöffenverhandlung.

Charles J. Kalani Jr. was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor, and martial artist who, in fighting rings, was also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, or simply Professor Tanaka.

Zalman Grinberg was a medical doctor who served as the chairman for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American sector of Germany and Austria after World War II.

Hiromi Yoshida was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the assembly of Nagano Prefecture for five terms since 1983.

Masayoshi Kabe most commonly known by his stage name Louise Louis, was a half-French, half-Japanese bassist and guitarist from Yokohama, Japan. He began his career in 1966 as a member of The Golden Cups. He was a studio musician throughout the 1970s and also a member of various bands such as Speed, Glue & Shinki until he permanently joined the supergroup Pink Cloud in 1978. After they disbanded in 1994 he formed the instrumental side-project ZZK while providing support to other musicians as a bassist. He also recorded four albums as bass player with the band Vodka Collins from 1995-1998. He died on 26 September 2020, due to multiple organ failure.

Christopher Chapman Rouse III was an American composer. Though he wrote for various ensembles, Rouse is primarily known for his orchestral compositions, including a Requiem, a dozen concertos, and six symphonies. His work received numerous accolades, including the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He also served as the composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic from 2012 to 2015.

Josep Antoni Coderch i de Sentmenat, Spanish architect recognized as one of the most important post-World War II architects.

Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is considered one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century.