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Dead at age 78

1,693 Notable deaths

Jacques Van Melkebeke

Painter, comic strip writer, journalist (1904-1983).

Born December 12th, 1904 in Brussels metropolitan area.

Died June 8th, 1983 at 78 years old in City of Brussels.

Volodymyr Sabodan

Head of the ukrainian orthodox church (moscow patriarchate) (uoc-mp).

Born November 23rd, 1935 in Khmelnytskyi.

Died July 5th, 2014 at 78 years old in Kyiv (cancer). [ref]

Frigyes Hidas

Hungarian composer.

Born May 25th, 1928 in Budapest. [ref]

Died March 7th, 2007 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Alain Bosquet

French poet (1919-1998).

Born March 28th, 1919 in Odesa. [ref]

Died March 17th, 1998 at 78 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Els Aarne

Estonian composer and pedagogue.

Born March 30th, 1917 in Makiivka.

Died June 14th, 1995 at 78 years old in Tallinn.

Marcel Artelesa

French footballer (1938-2016).

Born July 2nd, 1938 in Pont-Sainte-Marie. [ref]

Died September 23rd, 2016 at 78 years old in Troyes. [ref]

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976).

Born October 6th, 1898 in Frankfurt.

Died October 17th, 1976 at 78 years old in Münster.

Zhao Zhongxiang

Chinese television presenter.

Born January 16th, 1942 in Ningjin County, Hebei. [ref]

Died January 16th, 2020 at 78 years old in Beijing (liver cancer). [ref]

Pierre Vaneck

French actor (1931–2010).

Born April 15th, 1931 in Lạng Sơn. [ref]

Died January 31st, 2010 at 78 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Ante Žanetić

Yugoslavian footballer (1936-2014).

Born November 18th, 1936 in Blato, Korčula.

Died December 18th, 2014 at 78 years old in Wollongong.

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