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Dead at age 78
1,681 Notable deaths
Henrietta Hill Swope
American astronomer (1902–1980).
Born October 26th, 1902 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1980 at 78 years old in Los Angeles, Pasadena. [ref]
Kurt Binder
Austrian physicist (1944–2022).
Born February 10th, 1944 in Korneuburg.
Died September 27th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Park Yeong-hyo
Korean politician (1861-1939).
Born July 19th, 1861 in Suwon.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 78 years old in Seoul.
Otto Schaden
American egyptologist.
Born August 26th, 1937. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2015 at 78 years old [ref]
Albert Filozov
Soviet and russian actor (1937-2016).
Born June 25th, 1937 in Yekaterinburg.
Died April 11th, 2016 at 78 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Abdulla Shaig
Azerbaijani poet, writer and educator (1881–1959).
Born February 24th, 1881 in Tbilisi.
Died July 24th, 1959 at 78 years old in Baku.
Frank Martinus Arion
Writer and poet (1936-2015).
Born December 17th, 1936 in Curaçao. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2015 at 78 years old in Curaçao. [ref]
Horacio Troche
Uruguayan footballer (1935-2014).
Born February 14th, 1936 in Nueva Helvecia.
Died July 14th, 2014 at 78 years old in Morelia. [ref]
Roger Bissière
French painter (1886-1964).
Born September 22nd, 1886 in Villeréal.
Died December 2nd, 1964 at 78 years old in Marminiac.
Pleun Strik
Dutch footballer.
Born May 27th, 1944 in Rotterdam.
Died July 14th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir