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In the year 1977
574 Notable deaths
William Grey Walter
American-born british neuroscientist and roboticist.
Born February 19th, 1910 in Kansas City.
Died May 6th, 1977 at 67 years old in Clifton.
Gertrude Astor
American actress (1887-1977).
Born November 9th, 1887 in Lakewood.
Died November 9th, 1977 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977).
Born March 4th, 1921 in Araria district. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1977 at 56 years old in Bihar. [ref]
Richard Addinsell
English composer (1904–1977).
Born January 13th, 1904 in London.
Died November 15th, 1977 at 73 years old in London.
Alexey Stakhanov
Soviet miner, namesake of stakhanovite movement (1906-1977).
Born January 3rd, 1906 in Lugovaya.
Died November 5th, 1977 at 71 years old in Chystiakove (multiple sclerosis).
Tatsuo Yoshida
Japanese mangaka and animator (1932–1977).
Born March 6th, 1932 in Kyoto.
Died September 5th, 1977 at 45 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer).
Oskar Klein
Swedish physicist.
Born September 15th, 1894 in Mörby.
Died February 5th, 1977 at 82 years old in Stockholm.
Herbert Wilcox
Film producer and director from britain (1890-1977).
Born April 19th, 1890 in Cork.
Died May 15th, 1977 at 87 years old in London.
Ernie Lombardi
American baseball player.
Born April 6th, 1908 in Oakland.
Died September 26th, 1977 at 69 years old in Santa Cruz.
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Bengali linguist (1890–1977).
Born November 26th, 1890 in Shibpur.
Died May 29th, 1977 at 86 years old in Kolkata.
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Brazilian writer (1914–1977).
Born March 14th, 1914 in Sacramento.
Died February 13th, 1977 at 62 years old in Parelheiros District (respiratory failure).
Sergey Ilyushin
Soviet aircraft engineer and aeroplanes designer (1894–1977).
Born March 30th, 1894 in Dilyalevo.
Died February 9th, 1977 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Louis Fieser
American organic chemist (1899–1977).
Born April 7th, 1899 in Columbus.
Died July 25th, 1977 at 78 years old in Belmont.
Pierre Clastres
French anthropologist (1934-1977).
Born May 17th, 1934 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1977 at 43 years old in Gabriac (traffic collision). [ref]
Marriner Stoddard Eccles
American economist and banker (1890–1977).
Born September 9th, 1890 in Logan. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1977 at 87 years old in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Peter Carl Goldmark
American inventor (1906–1977).
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 7th, 1977 at 71 years old in Port Chester (traffic collision).
Džemal Bijedić
Bosnian politician (1917 – 1977).
Born April 12th, 1917 in Mostar. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1977 at 59 years old in Sarajevo.
Siegfried Buback
Former attorney general of germany (1920-1977).
Born January 3rd, 1920 in Wilsdruff.
Died April 7th, 1977 at 57 years old in Karlsruhe (gunshot wound).
Jean Rostand
French writer (1894–1977).
Born October 30th, 1894 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 4th, 1977 at 82 years old in Ville-d'Avray.
Louis Beel
Prime minister of the netherlands (1902-1977).
Born April 12th, 1902 in Roermond.
Died February 11th, 1977 at 74 years old in Utrecht (leukemia).
José Castellanos Contreras
Salvadoran diplomat and righteous among the nations (1893-1977).
Born January 1st, 1891 in San Vicente.
Died June 18th, 1977 at 86 years old in San Salvador.
Rodolfo Walsh
Argentine journalist and writer (1927–1977).
Born January 9th, 1927 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1977 at 50 years old in Buenos Aires (gunshot wound).
Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977).
Born July 31st, 1904 in Chicago.
Died February 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
U. N. Dhebar
Indian politician (1905-1977).
Born September 21st, 1905 in Jamnagar district. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1977 at 71 years old
Gertrude Abercrombie
American painter (1909-1977).
Born February 17th, 1909 in Austin.
Died July 3rd, 1977 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 574
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker