List of Famous people who died at 70
Jacques Reymond
Jacques Reymond was a Swiss ski trainer.
Edward Makuka Nkoloso
Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso was a member of the Zambian resistance movement and the founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy.
Henri Gault
Henri Gault was a French food journalist. He was co-founder of the Gault Millau guides with Christian Millau, and invented the phrase "nouvelle cuisine", though later he claimed to regret it.
François Dermaut
François Dermaut was a French comic book artist. He is particularly well known for the series Les Chemins de Malefosse.
Ljupka Dimitrovska
Ljupka Dimitrovska was a Macedonian-born Croatian singer. Internationally, she was best known for "Adio", written by Nikica Kalogjera and Ivica Krajač, which won the first prize at the 1970 Athens pop song festival. She died in Zagreb, aged 70.
Abdelhamid ben Hadouga
Abdelhamid ben Hadouga or Abdelhamid Benhedouga was an Algerian writer, born on 9 January 1925 in Mansourah near Bordj Bou Arréridj to an Arab Algerian father and a Berber mother. He wrote more than fifteen novels in Arabic as well as short stories and plays. He has been described as one of the most important Algerian writers in Arabic of his time. He also worked for cultural programming in a number of radio stations in Paris, Tunisia and Algeria. Between 1957 and 1974, he wrote tens of theatrical pieces and sketches for the BBC Arabic Service, Tunisian radio and TéléDiffusion d'Algérie. His novel Vent du Sud was adapted to a feature film. many of his books were translated to French. Ben Hadouga died on 26 October 1996.
Virginia Gregg
Virginia Lee Gregg was an American actress known for her many roles in radio dramas and television series.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish nobleman and aviator who was one of the first men to fly over Mount Everest.
Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
Michel Diefenbacher
Michel Diefenbacher was a French politician and member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Lot-et-Garonne department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.