List of Famous people who died at 71

John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli, sometimes spelled Rosselli, was an influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped that organization control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. In the early 1960s, Roselli was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Roselli is believed and suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to have played a major role in the assassination of the 1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Royal Edward Dano Sr. was an American actor. In a career spanning 46 years, he was perhaps best known for playing cowboys, villains, and Abraham Lincoln. Dano also provided the voice of the Audio-Animatronic Lincoln for Walt Disney's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at the 1964 World's Fair, as well as Lincoln's voice at the "Hall of Presidents" attraction at Disney's Magic Kingdom in 1971.

Ahmet Muhip Dıranas was a leading Turkish poet and author.

Lonnie Lynn Jr., nicknamed "Pops" was an American basketball player.

Frigyes Hollósi was a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest, as Frigyes Weininger.

Geoffrey Hutchings was an English stage, film and television actor.