List of Famous people who died at 71

Kamal Adham was a businessman and former director general of Saudi Arabia's Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah or the general intelligence directorate. He served as a royal counsellor to both King Faisal and King Khalid.

Katsuhiko Haida was a Japanese film actor and music composer. He played an important role in the 1951 Tokyo File 212. He has also appeared in The Burning Sky, and Escapade From Japan. His brother is Yukihiko Haida, and they formed the Nihon Ukulele Association together.

Santiago Lanzuela Marina was a Spanish economist and politician for the People's Party (PP), who served as President of the Government of Aragon, one of the Spanish regional administrations.

Sachiko Hidari was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1952 and 1995. At the 1964 14th Berlin International Film Festival she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her roles in She and He and The Insect Woman. In 1977, she directed and starred in the film The Far Road, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

Alfred Oerter Jr. was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.

Michael Blumlein, M.D. was an American fiction writer and a physician. Blumlein attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and worked as a practicing doctor and member of the faculty at University of California, San Francisco for decades.

Daniel Smart Fante was an American author and playwright. He was born in Los Angeles.

Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian was a Soviet Armenian Chief marshal of the armored troops. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.

Shinichi Hoshi was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō in 1968.

Hans-Joachim Bohlmann was a German serial vandal who primarily targeted artworks at public exhibitions. Between 1977 and 2006, he damaged over 50 paintings worth more than 270 million Deutsche Marks by such artists as Rubens, Rembrandt and Dürer.