List of Famous people who died at 71

Karen Spärck Jones FBA was a pioneering British computer scientist responsible for the concept of inverse document frequency, a technology that underlies most modern search engines. In 2019, The New York Times published her belated obituary in its series Overlooked, calling her "a pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field." From 2008, to recognize her achievements in the fields of IR and NLP, the Karen Spärck Jones Award is awarded to a new recipient with outstanding research in one or both of her fields.

László Kalmár was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hungary.

Robert "King" Moody was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Shtarker in the television series Get Smart. He also played Ronald McDonald in a series of McDonald's commercials from 1969 to 1985, and the spaceship captain in Teenagers From Outer Space and other roles in some 40 movies and television episodes including Bonanza, The Bob Newhart Show, CHiPs, Combat!, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Dragnet and Sea Hunt.