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Dead at age 78
1,494 Notable deaths
Pat Buttram
American actor.
Born June 19th, 1915 in Addison.
Died January 8th, 1994 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
Martha Raye
American comic actress and singer (1916-1994).
Born August 27th, 1916 in Butte. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1994 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Chuck Daly
American basketball coach.
Born July 20th, 1930 in St. Marys.
Died May 9th, 2009 at 78 years old in Jupiter (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Freddy Heineken
Dutch businessman.
Born November 4th, 1923 in Amsterdam.
Died January 3rd, 2002 at 78 years old in Noordwijk (pneumonia).
Nobby Stiles
English association football player (1942–2020).
Born May 18th, 1942 in Collyhurst.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 78 years old (prostate cancer). [ref]
Bernie Casey
American actor and professional football player (1939–2017).
Died September 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Last grand duchess of imperial russia (1882-1960).
Born June 13th, 1882 in Petergof.
Died November 24th, 1960 at 78 years old in Toronto.
Stephen Lewis
Actor, playwright (1936-2015).
Born December 17th, 1936 in London.
Died August 12th, 2015 at 78 years old in Wanstead. [ref]
Zail Singh
Indian politician and former president of india (1916-1994).
Born May 5th, 1916 in Sandhwan. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1994 at 78 years old in Chandigarh (traffic collision).
Maurice Richard
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born August 4th, 1921 in Montreal.
Died May 27th, 2000 at 78 years old in Montreal (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
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