Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859–1938).
Born July 1st, 1859 in Pontoise.
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 78 years old in Saint-Thomas-la-Garde.
Mamerto Urriolagoitía
President of bolivia (1895–1974).
Born December 5th, 1895 in Sucre.
Died June 4th, 1974 at 78 years old in Sucre.
Maria Bieșu
Moldovan opera singer (1935-2012).
Born May 5th, 1934 in Volintiri. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2012 at 78 years old in Chișinău (leukemia). [ref]
Charles Pellat
French arabist (1914-1992).
Born September 28th, 1914 in Souk Ahras.
Died October 28th, 1992 at 78 years old in Paris.
Sándor Kopácsi
Participant in, and chronicler of, the hungarian revolution of 1956 (1922–2001).
Born March 5th, 1922 in Miskolc.
Died March 2nd, 2001 at 78 years old in Toronto.
George Fawcett
American actor (1860–1939).
Born August 25th, 1860 in Alexandria.
Died June 6th, 1939 at 78 years old in Nantucket (myocardial infarction).
Isaac-Meir Levin
Israeli politician & polish rabbi (1893-1971).
Born January 30th, 1893 in Góra Kalwaria. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1971 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.
Hal Pereira
American director (1905-1983).
Born April 29th, 1905 in Chicago.
Died December 17th, 1983 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Jean-Claude Turcotte
Canadian catholic cardinal (1936-2015).
Born June 26th, 1936 in Villeray. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2015 at 78 years old in Montreal (diabetes).
Princess Antoinette of Anhalt
Princess of schaumburg-lippe.
Born March 3rd, 1885 in Dessau.
Died April 3rd, 1963 at 78 years old in Dessau.
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha