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In the year 1978
549 Notable deaths
August Sabbe
Estonian anti-communist.
Born September 1st, 1909 in Paidra.
Died September 27th, 1978 at 69 years old in Paidra (drowning).
Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Ss officer.
Born May 6th, 1897 in Września.
Died March 11th, 1978 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Naoki Hoshino
Japanese politician (1892-1978).
Born April 10th, 1892 in Yokohama.
Died January 26th, 1978 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Carlos Torre Repetto
Mexican chess player (1904-1978).
Born November 23rd, 1904 in Mérida. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1978 at 73 years old in Mérida.
Jacques Brugnon
French tennis player (1895-1978).
Born May 11th, 1895 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 20th, 1978 at 82 years old in Monaco.
Kathryn McGuire
American actress (1903-1978).
Born December 6th, 1903 in Peoria.
Died October 10th, 1978 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Renny Ottolina
Venezuelan producer and entertainer (1928–1978).
Born December 11th, 1928 in Valencia.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 49 years old in Caracas (aviation accident).
Goffredo Alessandrini
Italian filmwriter and film director (1904–1978).
Born September 9th, 1904 in Cairo.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 73 years old in Rome.
Winifred Westover
American actress (1899–1978).
Born November 9th, 1899 in San Francisco.
Died March 19th, 1978 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Werner Finck
German actor (1902-1978).
Born May 2nd, 1902 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1978 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Gotthard Handrick
German flying ace (1908–1978).
Born October 25th, 1908 in Zittau.
Died May 30th, 1978 at 69 years old in Ahrensburg.
Gustav Sorge
German ss officer, concentration camp guard and convicted war criminal (1911-1978).
Born April 24th, 1911 in Rydzyna.
Died October 3rd, 1978 at 67 years old in Bochum.
Costante Girardengo
Italian racing cyclist (1893–1978).
Born March 18th, 1893 in Novi Ligure.
Died February 9th, 1978 at 84 years old in Cassano Spinola.
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
Indian actor (1893-1978).
Born March 26th, 1893 in Kolkata.
Died November 18th, 1978 at 85 years old in Kolkata.
Mir Jalal Pashayev
Azerbaijani writer (1908–1978).
Born April 26th, 1908 in Andabil. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1978 at 70 years old in Baku. [ref]
Pinchas Rosen
Israeli politician (1887-1978).
Born May 1st, 1887 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1978 at 91 years old in Tel Aviv.
Frederick G. Payne
American politician (1904–1978).
Born July 24th, 1904 in Lewiston.
Died June 15th, 1978 at 73 years old in Waldoboro.
Edith Jacobson
American german-born md & psychoanalyst.
Born September 10th, 1897 in Chojnów.
Died December 8th, 1978 at 81 years old in Rochester.
Fatima Massaquoi
Pioneering educator in liberia.
Born December 25th, 1911 in Gendema.
Died November 26th, 1978 at 66 years old in Monrovia.
George Reader
English football referee (1896–1978).
Born November 22nd, 1896 in Nuneaton.
Died July 13th, 1978 at 81 years old in Southampton.
Hanna Ralph
German actress (1888-1978).
Born September 25th, 1885 in Bad Kissingen.
Died March 25th, 1978 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Soviet actor (1939-1978).
Born April 26th, 1939 in Omsk.
Died May 28th, 1978 at 39 years old in Gomel (myocardial infarction).
Halyna Kuzmenko
Ukrainian anarchist (1897–1978).
Born December 28th, 1896 in Pishchanii Brid. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1978 at 81 years old in Taraz. [ref]
Robin Reed
Olympic wrestler (1899–1978).
Born October 20th, 1899 in Pettigrew.
Died December 20th, 1978 at 79 years old in Salem.
James Allen
Democratic u.s. senator from alabama.
Born December 28th, 1912 in Gadsden.
Died June 1st, 1978 at 65 years old in Gulf Shores.
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