List of Famous people who died at 72

Milton "Mel" Stewart was an American character actor, television director, and musician who appeared in numerous films and television shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for playing Henry Jefferson on All in the Family and for playing section chief Billy Melrose on the television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Stewart is sometimes credited as Melvin Stewart or Mel Stuart.

Lucien Moraweck was a French jazz pianist.

Dietrich Stobbe was a German politician from Weepers, East Prussia. He was mayor of West Berlin from 2 May 1977 until 23 January 1981. From 1 November 1978 until 31 October 1979 he was also President of the Bundesrat.

Herbert Tiede was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1943 to 1975.

Nabi Sensoy was the ambassador of Turkey to the United States. He held that office beginning in January 2006. He was recalled to Turkey in October 2007 after the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. He returned to his position shortly afterwards. He resigned in December of 2009.