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In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Howard Estabrook
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter (1884-1978).
Born July 11th, 1884 in Detroit.
Died July 16th, 1978 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
Spanish footballer (1895-1978).
Born June 8th, 1895 in Montealegre del Castillo.
Died June 2nd, 1978 at 82 years old in Madrid.
Anders Nygren
Swedish bishop (1890–1978).
Born November 15th, 1890 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1978 at 87 years old in Lund. [ref]
Hjalmar Mäe
Estonian politician (1901-1978).
Born October 24th, 1901 in Tuhala.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 76 years old in Graz (disease).
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American swimmer.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Waterford.
Died May 6th, 1978 at 76 years old in West Palm Beach.
Aleksander Kamiński
Polish writer and scout leader (1903–1978).
Born January 28th, 1903 in Warsaw.
Died March 15th, 1978 at 75 years old in Warsaw.
Alexander Kipnis
Russian-american operatic bass (1891–1978).
Born February 1st, 1891 in Zhytomyr.
Died May 14th, 1978 at 87 years old in Westport (disease). [ref]
Jorge Carrera Andrade
Ecuadorian poet/historian/author/diplomat (1903–1978).
Born September 18th, 1903 in Quito. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1978 at 75 years old in Lima.
Wallace MacDonald
Canadian actor and film producer (1891-1978).
Born May 5th, 1891 in Mulgrave. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1978 at 87 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Maurice Carême
Belgian francophone poet (1899–1978).
Died January 15th, 1978 at 78 years old in Anderlecht.
Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player (1916–1978).
Born February 17th, 1916 in Mudgee.
Died April 9th, 1978 at 62 years old in Burradoo (disease).
Ieva Simonaitytė
Lithuanian writer (1897-1978).
Born January 23rd, 1897 in Vanagai.
Died August 27th, 1978 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Theresa Weld
American figure skater.
Born August 21st, 1893 in Brookline.
Died March 12th, 1978 at 84 years old in Boston, Brookline.
Masao Koga
Japanese musician (1904–1978).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Ōkawa-shi.
Died July 25th, 1978 at 73 years old
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Polish linguist (1895–1978).
Born August 26th, 1895 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Died January 28th, 1978 at 82 years old in Kraków.
Isidro Ayora
President of ecuador (1926 - 1931).
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Loja.
Died May 22nd, 1978 at 98 years old in Los Angeles.
Bruno Touschek
Austrian physicist (1921–1978).
Born February 3rd, 1921 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1978 at 57 years old in Innsbruck. [ref]
Edward Harrison Taylor
American herpetologist (1889-1978).
Born April 23rd, 1889 in Maysville.
Died June 16th, 1978 at 89 years old in Lawrence.
Tibor Serly
Hungarian musician (1901-1978).
Born November 25th, 1901 in Lučenec.
Died October 8th, 1978 at 76 years old in London.
Mark Naimark
Russian mathematician (1909-1978).
Born December 18th, 1910 in Odesa.
Died December 30th, 1978 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Francisco Mendes
Prime minister of guinea-bissau (1939-1978).
Born February 7th, 1939 in Enxude.
Died July 7th, 1978 at 39 years old in Bissau.
Rudolf Bonnet
Dutch painter (1895-1978).
Born March 30th, 1895 in Amsterdam.
Died April 21st, 1978 at 83 years old in Laren. [ref]
Georg Morgenstierne
Norwegian linguist (1892–1978).
Born January 2nd, 1892 in Christiania. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1978 at 86 years old in Oslo.
Guido Stampacchia
Italian mathematician (1922-1978).
Born March 26th, 1922 in Naples. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1978 at 56 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernest Palmer
American cinematographer (1885-1978).
Born December 6th, 1885 in Kansas City.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 92 years old in Pacific Palisades.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 594
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