Dead at age 78
1,694 Notable deaths
Ken McGregor
Australian tennis player.
Born June 2nd, 1929 in Adelaide.
Died December 1st, 2007 at 78 years old in Myrtle Bank (stomach cancer). [ref]
Otto Modersohn
German painter (1865-1943).
Born February 22nd, 1865 in Soest.
Died March 10th, 1943 at 78 years old in Rotenburg an der Wümme.
Giovanni Giorgi
Italian physicist and engineer (1871–1950).
Born November 27th, 1871 in Lucca.
Died August 19th, 1950 at 78 years old in Castiglioncello.
Ekrem Bora
Turkish actor (1932–2012).
Born March 7th, 1934 in Ankara.
Died April 1st, 2012 at 78 years old in Istanbul (heart failure).
Juan Garcia Oliver
Spanish anarchist (1902-1980).
Born January 20th, 1902 in Reus. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1980 at 78 years old in Guadalajara.
Stephen Wiesner
Israeli research physicist.
Born August 30th, 1942 in United States of America.
Died August 12th, 2021 at 78 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Manolo Sanlúcar
Flamenco composer and guitarist (1943–2022).
Born November 24th, 1943 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2022 at 78 years old in Jerez de la Frontera. [ref]
John Maurice Clark
American economist (1884–1963).
Born November 30th, 1884 in Northampton.
Died June 27th, 1963 at 78 years old in Westport.
Philip Hall
British mathematician.
Born April 11th, 1904 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1982 at 78 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Bronisława Wajs
Polish-romani classical poet and singer.
Born August 17th, 1908 in Lublin. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1987 at 78 years old in Inowrocław.
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé