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In the year 1978
549 Notable deaths
Semyon Krivoshein
Soviet general (1899-1978).
Born November 28th, 1899 in Voronezh.
Died September 16th, 1978 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Joe Venuti
American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist (1903–1978).
Born September 16th, 1903 in Philadelphia, Lecco.
Died August 14th, 1978 at 74 years old in Seattle.
Hans Stuck
German racecar driver (1900–1978).
Born December 27th, 1900 in Warsaw.
Died February 9th, 1978 at 77 years old in Grainau.
José Manuel Moreno Fernández
Argentine footballer and manager (1916-1978).
Born August 3rd, 1916 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 26th, 1978 at 62 years old in Merlo.
Claude Eatherly
United states air force officer (1918-1978).
Born October 2nd, 1918 in Van Alstyne.
Died July 1st, 1978 at 59 years old in Houston.
Philibert Tsiranana
First president of madagascar (1959-1972).
Born October 18th, 1912 in Ambarikorano. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 65 years old in Antananarivo. [ref]
Jens Otto Krag
Danish politician (1914-1978).
Born September 15th, 1914 in Randers.
Died June 22nd, 1978 at 63 years old in Skiveren (heart failure).
Ignazio Silone
Italian author and politician (1900-1978).
Born May 1st, 1900 in Pescina. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1978 at 78 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Astrid Allwyn
American film and stage actress (1905–1978).
Born November 27th, 1905 in Manchester.
Died March 31st, 1978 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Luo Ruiqing
Chinese general, politician (1906-1978).
Born May 31st, 1906 in Nanchong.
Died August 3rd, 1978 at 72 years old in Heidelberg.
Wilhelm Adam
German politician (1893–1978).
Born March 28th, 1893 in Eichen.
Died November 24th, 1978 at 85 years old in Dresden.
Zivia Lubetkin
Polish jewish underground leader (1914–1978).
Born November 9th, 1914 in Bycień.
Died July 11th, 1978 at 63 years old in Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Prime minister of east timor (1946-1978).
Born May 24th, 1946 in Bazartete administrative post.
Died December 31st, 1978 at 32 years old in Mindelo (killed in action).
Asadollah Alam
Prime minister of iran (1919-1978).
Born April 1st, 1919 in Birjand.
Died April 13th, 1978 at 59 years old in New York City.
Alexander Gerschenkron
American economist (1904–1978).
Born October 1st, 1904 in Odesa.
Died October 26th, 1978 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Franz Bäke
German dentist and general (1898-1978).
Born February 28th, 1898 in Schwarzenfels.
Died December 12th, 1978 at 80 years old in Bochum (traffic collision).
Eric Frank Russell
English science fiction writer (1905–1978).
Born January 6th, 1905 in Sandhurst.
Died February 28th, 1978 at 73 years old in Liverpool.
Romola de Pulszky
Hungarian noble; wife and biographer of dancer-choreographer vaslav nijinsky.
Born February 20th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1978 at 87 years old in Paris.
Robert Charroux
French writer, pseudohistorian and white supremacist (1909-1978).
Born April 7th, 1909 in Payroux.
Died June 24th, 1978 at 69 years old in Charroux.
Diana Budisavljević
Austrian humanitarian (1891–1978).
Born January 15th, 1891 in Innsbruck.
Died August 20th, 1978 at 87 years old in Innsbruck.
Leslie Fenton
Actor, film director (1902-1978).
Born March 12th, 1902 in Liverpool.
Died March 25th, 1978 at 76 years old in Montecito.
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs
South african politician (1903-1978).
Born November 17th, 1903 in Ladybrand.
Died August 21st, 1978 at 74 years old in Pretoria (myocardial infarction).
Jorge Cafrune
Argentine singer.
Born August 8th, 1937 in Ciudad Perico.
Died February 1st, 1978 at 40 years old in Benavídez.
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet mathematician and physicist (1911-1978).
Born February 10th, 1911 in Riga. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1978 at 67 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer.
Born February 9th, 1902 in Baltimore, Rochester.
Died December 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Baltimore (breast cancer).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 549
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