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Dead at age 78
1,680 Notable deaths
Ignace Gelb
American historian (1907-1985).
Born October 14th, 1907 in Tarnów.
Died December 22nd, 1985 at 78 years old in Chicago.
Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer.
Born October 31st, 1938 in Cork.
Died July 15th, 2017 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė
Lithuanian academic.
Born April 4th, 1927 in Kaunas.
Died August 19th, 2005 at 78 years old in Vilnius.
Oskar von Miller
German engineer.
Born May 7th, 1855 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1934 at 78 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Osman Fuad Efendi
Ottoman noble (1895–1973).
Born February 24th, 1895 in Çırağan Palace.
Died May 19th, 1973 at 78 years old in Nice.
Molara Ogundipe
Nigerian writer.
Born December 27th, 1940 in Lagos. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2019 at 78 years old in Ijebu Igbo. [ref]
Felix Bernstein
German jewish mathematician (1878-1956).
Born February 24th, 1878 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1956 at 78 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Leonhard Frank
German writer.
Born September 4th, 1882 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1961 at 78 years old in Munich. [ref]
Jens Okking
Danish actor, singer and politician. (1939-2018).
Born December 18th, 1939 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 2018 at 78 years old [ref]
Louis Béroud
French painter (1852-1930).
Born January 17th, 1852 in Lyon.
Died October 9th, 1930 at 78 years old in rue de la Convention. [ref]
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