In the year 1978
549 Notable deaths
Odette Myrtil
Actress; businesswoman.
Born June 28th, 1898 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 18th, 1978 at 80 years old in Doylestown (stroke).
Ivan Tyulenev
Soviet general (1892-1978).
Born January 28th, 1892.
Died August 15th, 1978 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Edmundo Suárez
Spanish football manager (1916-1978).
Born January 22nd, 1916 in Barakaldo.
Died December 14th, 1978 at 62 years old in Valencia.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
British chemist.
Born November 9th, 1897 in Cambridge.
Died June 7th, 1978 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Ford Beebe
American screenwriter, film director (1888–1978).
Born November 26th, 1888 in Grand Rapids.
Died November 26th, 1978 at 90 years old in Lake Elsinore.
Basil Dean
British actor and filmmaker.
Born September 27th, 1888 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1978 at 89 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Robert Daniel Murphy
American diplomat (1894–1978).
Born October 28th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died January 9th, 1978 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fyodor Kulakov
Politician (1918-1978).
Born February 4th, 1918 in Lgovskiy Uyezd.
Died July 17th, 1978 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Josef Frings
Archbishop and cardinal from germany.
Born February 6th, 1887 in Neuss.
Died December 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Cologne.
Victor Hasselblad
Swedish photographer and inventor (1906–1978).
Born March 8th, 1906 in Göteborgs Kristine församling. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1978 at 72 years old in Onsala. [ref]
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Gertrude Mary Cox
American statistician (1900-1978).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Dayton.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 72 years old in Durham (leukemia).
Valerian Gracias
Catholic cardinal (1901–1978).
Born October 23rd, 1900 in Karachi.
Died September 11th, 1978 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
Philip Khuri Hitti
Lebanese-american academic and authority on the middle east (1886-1978).
Born June 22nd, 1886 in Shemlan.
Died December 24th, 1978 at 92 years old in Princeton.
François Duprat
French politician (1940–1978).
Born October 26th, 1940 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1978 at 37 years old in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon (terrorist attack). [ref]
Richard Lindner
American-german painter, 1901-1978.
Born November 11th, 1901 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Arnold Hauser
Hungarian art historian (1892-1978).
Born May 8th, 1892 in Timișoara. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Budapest. [ref]
John Randolph Bray
Animator (1879-1978).
Born August 25th, 1879 in Addison.
Died October 10th, 1978 at 99 years old in Bridgeport.
Dennie Moore
American actress (1902–1978).
Born December 31st, 1902 in New York City.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 75 years old in New York City.
Karl Lennart Oesch
Finnish general and war criminal (1892-1978).
Born August 8th, 1892 in Otradnoye. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
O. E. Hasse
German film actor and director.
Born July 11th, 1903 in Obrzycko. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1978 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola
Spanish philosopher (1917–1978).
Born April 6th, 1917 in Madrid.
Died February 18th, 1978 at 60 years old in Madrid.
Karl Herzfeld
Austrian-american physicist.
Born February 24th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 1978 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lee Garmes
American cinematographer (1898–1978).
Born May 27th, 1898 in Peoria.
Died August 31st, 1978 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
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No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett