List of Famous people who died at 74
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Vladislav Ignatievich Strzhelchik (1921–1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974).
Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, known as Trevor Howard, was an English actor. After varied stage work, he achieved star status with his role in the film Brief Encounter (1945), followed by The Third Man (1949). This led to many popular appearances on film and TV.
Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II
Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Paulose II ; 30 August 1946 – 12 July 2021) was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was enthroned as the 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Church and the 21st Malankara Metropolitan on 1 November 2010, succeeding Didymos I.
Motoshi Fujita
Motoshi Fujita was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and manager. He spent his entire career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, winning two Japan Series titles as a player and two more as manager.
Heinz Oberhummer
Heinz Oberhummer was an Austrian physicist and skeptic.
Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro
Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro was an Uruguayan politician, journalist, and writer. He was popularly known as "El Ñato". A former member of the National Liberation Movement (Tupamaros) (MLN-T), he was in prison during the military dictatorship for twelve years (1973-1985).
Steve Landesberg
Stephen Landesberg was an American actor, comedian, and voice actor known for his role as the erudite, unflappable police detective Arthur P. Dietrich on the ABC sitcom Barney Miller, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards.
André Melançon
André Melançon was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's films.
Larry Speakes
Larry Melvin Speakes was the acting White House Press Secretary for the White House under President Ronald Reagan, having held the position from 1981 to 1987.
Leon Haywood
Otha Leon Haywood was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You", which has been frequently sampled by musicians such as Dr. Dre among others.