In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Alfred Naqqache
Lebanese politician (1888-1978).
Born May 3rd, 1888 in Beirut. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1978 at 90 years old in Beirut.
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).
Alfred Müller-Armack
German economist and politician (1901-1978).
Born June 28th, 1901 in Essen.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Cologne.
Anders Nygren
Swedish bishop (1890–1978).
Born November 15th, 1890 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1978 at 87 years old in Lund. [ref]
Willem van Otterloo
Dutch conductor and composer (1907–1978).
Born December 27th, 1907 in Winterswijk.
Died July 27th, 1978 at 70 years old in Melbourne (traffic collision).
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American swimmer.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Waterford.
Died May 6th, 1978 at 76 years old in West Palm Beach.
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]
Hjalmar Mäe
Estonian politician (1901-1978).
Born October 24th, 1901 in Tuhala.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 76 years old in Graz (disease).
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.
Maurice Carême
Belgian francophone poet (1899–1978).
Died January 15th, 1978 at 78 years old in Anderlecht.
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]
Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player (1916–1978).
Born February 17th, 1916 in Mudgee.
Died April 9th, 1978 at 62 years old in Burradoo (disease).
Theresa Weld
American figure skater.
Born August 21st, 1893 in Brookline.
Died March 12th, 1978 at 84 years old in Boston, Brookline.
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.
Masao Koga
Japanese musician (1904–1978).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Ōkawa-shi.
Died July 25th, 1978 at 73 years old
Bruno Touschek
Austrian physicist (1921–1978).
Born February 3rd, 1921 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1978 at 57 years old in Innsbruck. [ref]
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Polish linguist (1895–1978).
Born August 26th, 1895 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Died January 28th, 1978 at 82 years old in Kraków.
Ieva Simonaitytė
Lithuanian writer (1897-1978).
Born January 23rd, 1897 in Vanagai.
Died August 27th, 1978 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
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.
Isidro Ayora
President of ecuador (1926 - 1931).
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Loja.
Died May 22nd, 1978 at 98 years old in Los Angeles.
Rudolf Bonnet
Dutch painter (1895-1978).
Born March 30th, 1895 in Amsterdam.
Died April 21st, 1978 at 83 years old in Laren. [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.
Abdylas Maldybaev
Soviet singer (1906-1978).
Born July 7th, 1906 in Kara-Bulak.
Died June 1st, 1978 at 71 years old in Bishkek.
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.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 594
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson