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Dead at age 78
1,688 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Ostwald
Baltic german chemist.
Born September 2nd, 1853 in Riga. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1932 at 78 years old in Großbothen. [ref]
Doug Mountjoy
Welsh snooker player (1942-2021).
Born June 8th, 1942 in Tir-y-berth.
Died February 14th, 2021 at 78 years old
Stanley Anderson
American actor (1939–2018).
Born October 23rd, 1939 in Billings.
Died June 24th, 2018 at 78 years old in Santa Rosa (brain cancer). [ref]
Carla Zampatti
Italo-australian fashion designer (1942-2021).
Born May 19th, 1942 in Lovero.
Died April 3rd, 2021 at 78 years old in St Vincent's Hospital (fall). [ref]
Ben Lyon
American actor (1901-1979).
Born February 6th, 1901 in Atlanta.
Died March 22nd, 1979 at 78 years old in Honolulu (myocardial infarction).
Ernesto Laclau
Argentine philosopher and political theorist (1935-2014).
Born October 6th, 1935 in Buenos Aires.
Died April 13th, 2014 at 78 years old in Seville (myocardial infarction).
Maria Bueno
Brazilian tennis player.
Born October 11th, 1939 in São Paulo.
Died June 8th, 2018 at 78 years old in São Paulo (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]
Jaki Liebezeit
German musician.
Born May 26th, 1938 in Dresden. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 78 years old in Cologne (pneumonia). [ref]
Martin James Monti
American air force pilot in wwii who defected to the axis, and joined the ss.
Born October 24th, 1921 in St. Louis.
Died September 11th, 2000 at 78 years old in Missouri.
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