List of Famous people who died at 72

Peter Brogle was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 14 films between 1955 and 1987. He starred in the 1968 film Signs of Life, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1979, he won the Hans-Reinhart-Ring award.

Paul Wallace Carr was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who performed on stage, film, and television for half a century.

Levi Stubbs was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, who released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He has been noted for his powerful, emotional, dramatic style of singing.

Timothy Poston was an English mathematician and polymath best known for his work on catastrophe theory.

Gerard Tichy was a Spanish actor of German descent, who appeared in numerous movies, including several international productions. He was born in Weißenfels, Germany, on 11 March 1920, and died in Madrid, Spain, on 11 April 1992.