List of Famous people who died at 72

David Bobin was an English sports journalist mainly known for his work on television.

Sihung Lung was a Taiwanese movie and TV actor. He appeared in over 100 films and TV series throughout his career and was best known for playing paternal roles in films such as Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. He frequently collaborated with award-winning director Ang Lee.

Eberhard Esche was a German film and television actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig.

Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa, known as Valdir Espinosa was a Brazilian football manager. He died on 27 February 2020, of complications after surgery. Espinosa was born in Porto Alegre.

Dean Ford was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. Ford co-wrote the group's worldwide hit "Reflections of My Life" with fellow band member Junior Campbell. "Reflections of My Life" has sold more than two million units globally, and in 1998 the writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the U.S. alone.

Zienia Merton was a British actress born in Burma, now Myanmar. She was known for playing Sandra Benes in Space: 1999.

Corinne Lahaye was a French actress. She was married to Jean-Pierre Darras.

John Royer "Jack" Garman was a computer engineer, former senior NASA executive and noted key figure of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. As a young specialist on duty during the final descent stage on 20 July 1969 he dealt with a series of computer alarms which could have caused the mission to be aborted.

Bonnie Burnard was a Canadian short story writer and novelist, best known for her 1999 novel, A Good House, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Kenjiro Haitani was a Japanese author of children's literature.