List of Famous people who died at 71
Marshall Medoff
Marshall Hilary Medoff was an American economist who taught at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the University of California, Irvine.
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such as Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), Germany, Year Zero (1948), and Socrates (1971).
Arseny Roginsky
Arseny Borisovich Roginsky was a Soviet dissident and Russian historian. He was one of the founders of the International Historical and Civil Rights Society Memorial, its head since 1998.
Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, GE was the holder of the Dukedom of Medina Sidonia in Spain. She was nicknamed La Duquesa Roja or The Red Duchess due to her lifelong left-wing, anti-Francoist, pro-democracy political activism.
Georges Géret
Georges Géret was a French film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1954 and 1992. He was born in Lyon, France.
Balakumar Rao Chinna
Balakumaran was an Indian Tamil writer and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films. He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam. His Notable works as a dialogue writer in Tamil Cinema includes Nayakan, Guna, Baashha and Pudhupettai.
Abe Fortas
Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969.
Thea Rasche
Theodora Rasche was Germany's first female aerobatics pilot.
Lars Larsen
Lars Kristinus Larsen was a Danish businessman, owner and founder of the Jysk retail chain.
Giorgos Seferis
Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiades, was a Greek poet-diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. He was a career diplomat in the Greek Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to the UK, a post which he held from 1957 to 1962.