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Dead at age 78
1,691 Notable deaths
Mohamed Meziane
Spanish - moroccan general.
Born February 1st, 1897 in Beni Ansar.
Died May 1st, 1975 at 78 years old in Madrid.
Lucien Febvre
French historian.
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.
Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.
Marthe Robin
French roman catholic mystic (1902-1981).
Born March 13th, 1902 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1981 at 78 years old in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure. [ref]
Peter Grünberg
German physicist, and nobel prize in physics laureate (1939-2018).
Born May 18th, 1939 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died April 7th, 2018 at 78 years old in Jülich. [ref]
Arthur Boyd
Australian painter (1920-1999).
Born July 24th, 1920 in Murrumbeena. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1999 at 78 years old in Melbourne. [ref]
George B. Cortelyou
American politician (1862-1940).
Born July 26th, 1862 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1940 at 78 years old in Long Island.
André Michelin
French engineer and industrialist; co-founder (with his brother) of the michelin tyre company.
Born January 16th, 1853 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 4th, 1931 at 78 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Prince Elias, Hereditary Duke of Parma
Pretender to the throne of parma.
Born July 23rd, 1880 in Biarritz.
Died June 27th, 1959 at 78 years old in Friedberg.
John Pople
Nobel prize winning british chemist (1925-2004).
Born October 31st, 1925 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died March 15th, 2004 at 78 years old in Chicago (liver cancer).
James Armand de Rothschild
French-born british politician and philanthropist (1878-1957).
Born December 1st, 1878 in Paris.
Died May 7th, 1957 at 78 years old in London.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon