List of Famous people who died at 74

Derryl Cousins

First Name Derryl
Born on August 18, 1946
Died on October 20, 2020 (aged 74)

Derryl Cousins was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB), who worked in the American League (AL) from 1979 to 1999, and umpired throughout both leagues from 2000 until his retirement following the 2012 season, ending his career as a crew chief.

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Frank Biondi

First Name Frank
Last Name Biondi
Born on January 9, 1945
Died on November 25, 2019 (aged 74)

Frank Joseph Biondi Jr. was an American businessman and entertainment executive, who held leadership roles at Viacom, Universal Pictures, and HBO.

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Sam Gilbert

First Name Sam
Last Name Gilbert
Born on November 30, 1912
Died on November 23, 1987 (aged 74)

Sam Gilbert was an American businessman who owned a construction company in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as a controversial athletic booster of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team from the mid-1960s until UCLA was ordered to disassociate from him in 1981. He ran a money-laundering enterprise to finance the now-famous World Poker Tour tour stop called the Bicycle Casino, for which he was posthumously indicted in 1987. He was the husband of a well-known Los Angeles area teacher, Rose Gilbert.

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Marsha Kramer

First Name Marsha
Born on June 19, 1945
Died on January 23, 2020 (aged 74)

Marsha Kramer was an American theater and television actress. She made television appearances in The Waltons, Touched by an Angel, Frasier, NCIS, Dr. Ken, Eagleheart, Days of Our Lives, Out of Order, and Malcolm in the Middle. She had a recurring role as "Margaret" in the sitcom Modern Family in 14 episodes between 2013 and 2020.

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Mitsuo Matayoshi

First Name Mitsuo
Born on February 5, 1944
Died on July 20, 2018 (aged 74)

Mitsuo Matayoshi was a Japanese political activist, known for his perennial candidacy. He styled himself The only God Matayoshi Mitsuo Jesus Christ (唯一神又吉光雄・イエス・キリスト) or Jesus Matayoshi (又吉イエス). He was the leader of the World Economic Community Party (世界経済共同体党).

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Sven-Erik Magnusson

Knut Sven Erik Magnusson
First Name Sven-Erik
Born on October 13, 1942
Died on March 22, 2017 (aged 74)

Knut Sven-Erik Magnusson was a Swedish singer and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Sven-Ingvars that during their sixty-year history played many different types of popular music, and was at times regarded as a dansband. The band had its last tour during the summer of 2016 with their last show on 21 August that year in Blekinge.

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Larry Simms

First Name Larry
Born on October 1, 1934
Died on June 17, 2009 (aged 74)

Larry Lee Simms was an American child actor who appeared in 36 films between 1937 and 1951.

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Ray Columbus

First Name Ray
Last Name Columbus
Born on November 4, 1942
Died on November 28, 2016 (aged 74)

Raymond John Patrick Columbus was a New Zealand Benny Award-winning singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. As the lead singer of Ray Columbus & the Invaders, his best-known hit was "She's A Mod".

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P. H. Pandian

First Name P.
Last Name Pandian
Born on February 27, 1945
Died on January 4, 2020 (aged 74)

Paul Hector Pandian was an Indian politician of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Tirunelveli district. He served as the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989. He served as Deputy Speaker and Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 21 June 1980 to 5 February 1989. He was one of the only two candidates elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislature from the Janaki Ramachandran Faction of AIADMK in 1989, when he won the Cheranmahadevi seat. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tirunelveli Parliamentary constituency in 1999. He was the organising secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam which was led by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

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Şerafettin Elçi

First Name Şerafettin
Last Name Elçi
Born on March 14, 1938
Died on December 25, 2012 (aged 74)

Şerafettin Elçi was a Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman in Turkey. He was one of the pioneers of Kurdish politics in Turkey.

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