Famous People Who Died in 1970

• Beatles, The

  The most famous band in rock history

• De Gaulle, Charles

  President of France, 1958-69

• Hendrix, Jimi

  Performer of "Purple Haze"

• Joplin, Janis

  1960s blues/rock singer of "Me and Bobby McGee"

• Kerensky, Alexander

  Head of Russia between the czar and the Bolsheviks

• Lombardi, Vince

  The head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s

• Maslow, Abraham

  Creator of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Nasser, Gamal Abdel

  Leader of Egypt, 1956-70

• Newman, Alfred

  17 February 1970

• Remarque, Erich Maria

  Author of All Quiet on the Western Front

• Rothko, Mark

  Abstract expressionist painter of 1958's "Black on Maroon"

• Russell, Bertrand

  The deep-thinking co-author of Principia Mathematica

• Sheppard, Sam

  The Ohio doctor who inspired TV's The Fugitive

• Sukarno

  President of Indonesia, 1945-67

• Yukio, Mishima

  Seppuku-committing Japanese author

• Zapruder, Abraham

  The man who took a home movie of JFK being shot

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