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Dead at age 78
1,696 Notable deaths
Felice Gasperi
Football player (1903-1982).
Born December 26th, 1903 in Bologna.
Died May 23rd, 1982 at 78 years old in Città Sant'Angelo.
Grigory Mkrtychan
Soviet ice hockey player (1925–2003).
Born January 3rd, 1925 in Krasnodar.
Died February 14th, 2003 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Pietro Genovesi
Italian footballer (1902-1980).
Born June 27th, 1902 in Bologna.
Died August 5th, 1980 at 78 years old in Bologna.
Hakob Manandyan
Armenian historian, philologist, and academician (1873–1952).
Born November 22nd, 1873 in Akhaltsikhe.
Died February 4th, 1952 at 78 years old in Yerevan.
Jean De Clercq
Belgian footballer (1905-1984).
Born May 17th, 1905 in Antwerp.
Died March 20th, 1984 at 78 years old in Zoersel.
Béla Illés
Hungarian left-wing writer.
Born March 22nd, 1895 in Košice. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1974 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Irma Christenson
Swedish actress (1915-1993).
Born January 14th, 1915 in Hunnebostrand.
Died February 21st, 1993 at 78 years old in Oscar Parish.
Paulinus Costa
Catholic archbishop.
Born October 19th, 1936 in Gazipur.
Died January 3rd, 2015 at 78 years old in Dhaka (myocardial infarction).
Hermanni Pihlajamäki
Olympic wrestler (1903–1982).
Born November 11th, 1903 in Nurmo.
Died June 4th, 1982 at 78 years old in Ähtäri.
Kang Chang-gi
South korean footballer (1928-2007).
Born August 28th, 1928 in Korea under Japanese rule.
Died January 5th, 2007 at 78 years old in Seoul.
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