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Dead at age 78
1,680 Notable deaths
Ján Cikker
Slovak composer (1911–1989).
Born July 29th, 1911 in Banská Bystrica. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1989 at 78 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Jacques Van Melkebeke
Painter, comic strip writer, journalist (1904-1983).
Born December 12th, 1904 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died June 8th, 1983 at 78 years old in City of Brussels.
Volodymyr Sabodan
Head of the ukrainian orthodox church (moscow patriarchate) (uoc-mp).
Born November 23rd, 1935 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died July 5th, 2014 at 78 years old in Kyiv (cancer). [ref]
Frigyes Hidas
Hungarian composer.
Born May 25th, 1928 in Budapest. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2007 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Alain Bosquet
French poet (1919-1998).
Born March 28th, 1919 in Odesa. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1998 at 78 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Els Aarne
Estonian composer and pedagogue.
Born March 30th, 1917 in Makiivka.
Died June 14th, 1995 at 78 years old in Tallinn.
Marcel Artelesa
French footballer (1938-2016).
Born July 2nd, 1938 in Pont-Sainte-Marie. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 2016 at 78 years old in Troyes. [ref]
Franz Altheim
German historian (1898-1976).
Born October 6th, 1898 in Frankfurt.
Died October 17th, 1976 at 78 years old in Münster.
Zhao Zhongxiang
Chinese television presenter.
Born January 16th, 1942 in Ningjin County, Hebei. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2020 at 78 years old in Beijing (liver cancer). [ref]
Pierre Vaneck
French actor (1931–2010).
Born April 15th, 1931 in Lạng Sơn. [ref]
Died January 31st, 2010 at 78 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
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