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Dead at age 78
1,693 Notable deaths
Anselm Hollo
Finnish poet.
Born April 12th, 1934 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2013 at 78 years old in Boulder. [ref]
Garrett P. Serviss
American astronomer, and early science fiction writer (1851-1929).
Born March 24th, 1851 in New York.
Died May 25th, 1929 at 78 years old
Robert Pinget
Swiss writer (1919-1997).
Born July 19th, 1919 in Geneva. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1997 at 78 years old in Tours. [ref]
Thomas Little Heath
British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940).
Born October 5th, 1861 in Barnetby le Wold.
Died March 16th, 1940 at 78 years old in Ashtead.
Sadri Maksudi Arsal
Tatar and turkish statesman, turkish historian (1878-1957).
Born July 23rd, 1878 in Kazan.
Died February 20th, 1957 at 78 years old in Istanbul.
Ragnar Östberg
Swedish architect.
Born July 14th, 1866 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1945 at 78 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vladimír Weiss
Czechoslovak soccer player (1939-2018).
Born September 21st, 1939 in Vrútky. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2018 at 78 years old in Slovakia. [ref]
Luca Beltrami
Italian architect (1854-1933).
Born November 13th, 1854 in Milan.
Died August 8th, 1933 at 78 years old in Rome.
Antonín Mrkos
Czech astronomer (1918–1996).
Born January 27th, 1918 in Střemchoví. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1996 at 78 years old in Prague.
Leopold Löwenheim
German mathematician.
Born June 26th, 1878 in Krefeld.
Died May 5th, 1957 at 78 years old in Berlin.
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