List of Famous people who died at 70

René Gabriel Eugene Maheu was a French professor of philosophy and the sixth Director-General of UNESCO. He was a close friend of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

James Stanley Brakhage, better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.

Jacques Rémy (1911–1981) was the pen name of Rémy Assayas or Raymond Assayas a Turkish-born Jewish French screenwriter.

Catherine Townsend Johnson was an American stage and film actress.

Anita Theodosia Moira King, generally known as Anita Leslie, was an Irish-born biographer and writer. She was a first cousin once removed of the British wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. He was one of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century who analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political implications of literature. With his wife Diana Trilling, whom he married in 1929, he was a member of the New York Intellectuals and contributor to the Partisan Review.