Saul Alinsky, 63, social organizer, 12 June 1972.
Charles Atlas, 79, bodybuilder, 24 December 1972.
Dr. Eric Berne, 60, psychiatrist and author of Games People Play (1964), 15 July 1970.
Margaret Bourke-White, 67, photojournalist with Life magazine, 27 August 1971.
Al Capp, 70, cartoonist, creator of "Lil' Abner," 5 November 1979.
Roberto Clemente, 38, baseball player and philanthropist, 31 December 1972.
Marie Dionne, 35, one of the Dionne quintuplets, 28 May 1970.
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas, 80, famous for having written the letter to the New York Sun that brought the famous editorial reply, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," 13 May 1971.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower, 82, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 14 November 1979.
Duke Ellington, 75, composer and bandleader, 24 May...
Source: American Decades: 1970-1979, ©1995 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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