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In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Karl Hartl
Austrian film director (1899-1978).
Born May 10th, 1899 in Vienna.
Died August 29th, 1978 at 79 years old in Vienna.
Mladen Ramljak
Croatian footballer (1945–1978).
Born July 1st, 1945 in Zagreb.
Died September 13th, 1978 at 33 years old in Novska (traffic collision).
Jorge de Sena
Poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and university professor (1919–1978).
Born November 2nd, 1919 in Lisbon.
Died June 4th, 1978 at 58 years old in Santa Barbara.
Juan Evaristo
Argentine footballer (1902-1978).
Born June 20th, 1902 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 8th, 1978 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires.
Yury Dombrovsky
Soviet writer (1909-1978).
Born May 12th, 1909 in Moscow.
Died May 29th, 1978 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Lola Cueto
Mexican artist (1897-1978).
Born March 2nd, 1897 in Azcapotzalco.
Died January 24th, 1978 at 80 years old in Mexico City.
Ángel Bossio
Argentine association football player (1905-1978).
Born May 5th, 1905 in Avellaneda.
Died August 31st, 1978 at 73 years old in Buenos Aires.
Karin Molander
Swedish actress (1889–1978).
Born May 20th, 1889 in Vårdinge church parish.
Died September 3rd, 1978 at 89 years old in Täby parish.
Johan Daisne
Flemish author (1912–1978).
Born September 2nd, 1912 in Ghent.
Died August 9th, 1978 at 65 years old in Ghent.
Stanisław Dygat
Polish writer (1914–1978).
Born December 5th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died January 29th, 1978 at 63 years old in Warsaw.
Maurice Tillieux
Comic artist, writer (1921–1978).
Born August 7th, 1921 in Huy.
Died February 2nd, 1978 at 56 years old in Tours (traffic collision).
Yuan Muzhi
Chinese film director (1909-1978).
Born March 3rd, 1909 in Ningbo.
Died January 30th, 1978 at 68 years old in Beijing.
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Serbian footballer (1921-1978).
Born April 13th, 1921 in Valjevo.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 57 years old in Belgrade.
László Nagy
Hungarian poet, translator (1925-1978).
Born July 17th, 1925 in Felsőiszkáz.
Died January 30th, 1978 at 52 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Vasili Merkuryev
Soviet actor, theatre director (1904–1978).
Born April 6th, 1904 in Ostrov.
Died May 12th, 1978 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Zenta Mauriņa
Latvian writer (1897–1978).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Gulbene.
Died April 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Basel.
Rubén Morán
Uruguayan footballer (1930-1978).
Born August 6th, 1930 in Montevideo.
Died January 3rd, 1978 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Tadeusz Kasprzycki
Polish general (1891–1978).
Born January 16th, 1891 in Warsaw.
Died December 4th, 1978 at 87 years old in Montreal.
Joseph Delteil
French poet (1894–1978).
Born April 20th, 1894 in Villar-en-Val.
Died April 12th, 1978 at 83 years old in Grabels.
Shaul Avigur
Israeli politician (1899-1978).
Born October 22nd, 1899 in Daugavpils.
Died August 29th, 1978 at 78 years old in Kvutzat Kinneret.
Margarete Bieber
German-american art historian (1879–1978).
Born July 31st, 1879 in Przechowo.
Died February 25th, 1978 at 98 years old in New Canaan.
Baltasar Albéniz
Spanish footballer (1905-1978).
Born January 6th, 1905 in Eibar.
Died November 29th, 1978 at 73 years old in Pamplona.
Musa Mamut
Crimean tatar who committed self-immolation.
Born February 20th, 1931 in Uzundzhy.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 47 years old in Simferopol (self-immolation).
Dox
Malagasy writer (1913-1978).
Born January 13th, 1913 in Manakavaly.
Died June 14th, 1978 at 65 years old in Antananarivo.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine