Dead at age 78
1,691 Notable deaths
Misia Sert
Art patron.
Born March 30th, 1872 in Pushkin. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1950 at 78 years old in Paris, 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jürgen Ehlers
German physicist (1929–2008).
Born December 29th, 1929 in Hamburg.
Died May 20th, 2008 at 78 years old in Potsdam.
Malcolm Wallop
American politician (1933-2011).
Born February 27th, 1933 in New York City.
Died September 14th, 2011 at 78 years old in Big Horn. [ref]
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
Salvadoran-french writer and artist (1901-1979).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Armenia. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1979 at 78 years old in Grasse (asthma).
Naoto Tajima
Japanese long and triple jumper.
Born August 15th, 1912 in Iwakuni.
Died December 4th, 1990 at 78 years old in Iwakuni.
Tully Marshall
Actor.
Born April 10th, 1864 in Nevada City.
Died March 10th, 1943 at 78 years old in Encino (myocardial infarction).
Derek Mahon
Irish poet (1941–2020).
Born November 23rd, 1941 in Belfast.
Died October 1st, 2020 at 78 years old in Cork (disease). [ref]
Rajani Palme Dutt
British communist and journalist (1896-1974).
Born June 19th, 1896 in Cambridge.
Died December 20th, 1974 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Darrall Imhoff
American basketball player (1938-2017).
Born October 11th, 1938 in San Gabriel. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2017 at 78 years old in Bend (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Soviet air force marshal (1942–2020).
Born February 3rd, 1942 in Bolshoi Log.
Died December 8th, 2020 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe