Dead at age 78

1,695 Notable deaths

Gunnar Andersen

Norwegian football player and skier (1890-1968).

Born March 18th, 1890 in Drøbak.

Died April 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.

Haakon Shetelig

Norwegian archaeologist.

Born June 25th, 1877 in Oslo.

Died July 22nd, 1955 at 78 years old

Shigeo Yaegashi

Japanese association football player (1933-2011).

Born March 24th, 1933 in Hanamaki.

Died May 2nd, 2011 at 78 years old in Tama. [ref]

Elevter Andronikashvili

Georgian physicist.

Born December 25th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg.

Died September 8th, 1989 at 78 years old in Tbilisi.

José Cabanis

French writer and lawyer.

Born March 24th, 1922 in Toulouse. [ref]

Died October 6th, 2000 at 78 years old in Balma. [ref]

Werner Kaegi

Swiss historian (1901-1979).

Born February 26th, 1901 in Oetwil am See.

Died June 15th, 1979 at 78 years old in Basel.

Mikhail Dudin

Russian poet, writer and translator (1916–1993).

Born November 20th, 1916.

Died December 31st, 1994 at 78 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Väinö Voionmaa

Finnish politician (1869–1947).

Born February 12th, 1869 in Jyväskylä.

Died May 24th, 1947 at 78 years old in Helsinki.

Wolfgang Hofmann

German judoka.

Born March 30th, 1941 in Cologne.

Died March 12th, 2020 at 78 years old in Cologne. [ref]

Pia Nalli

Italian mathematician (1886-1964).

Born February 10th, 1886 in Palermo.

Died September 27th, 1964 at 78 years old in Catania.

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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson