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Dead at age 78
1,681 Notable deaths
Kalju Lepik
Estonian poet (1920–1999).
Born October 7th, 1920 in Koeru Rural Municipality.
Died May 30th, 1999 at 78 years old in Tallinn.
Valdis Muižnieks
Basketball player (1935–2013).
Born February 22nd, 1935 in Riga.
Died November 29th, 2013 at 78 years old
Francisco Rodríguez
Venezuelan boxer (1945–2024).
Born September 20th, 1945 in Cumaná.
Died April 23rd, 2024 at 78 years old [ref]
Don Roper
English footballer (1922-2001).
Born December 14th, 1922 in Hampshire.
Died June 8th, 2001 at 78 years old in Southampton.
Carlo Campanini
Italian actor (1906-1984).
Born October 5th, 1906 in Turin.
Died November 20th, 1984 at 78 years old in Rome.
Pauline Hall
Norwegian writer, music critic, organizer and composer (1890-1969).
Born August 2nd, 1890 in Hamar municipality. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1969 at 78 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Emerson Spencer
Athletics competitor (1906–1985).
Born October 14th, 1906 in San Francisco.
Died May 15th, 1985 at 78 years old in Palo Alto.
Benno Landsberger
German assyriologist (1890-1968).
Born April 21st, 1890 in Frýdek. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1968 at 78 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Pete Desjardins
American diver.
Born April 10th, 1907 in St-Pierre-Jolys.
Died May 6th, 1985 at 78 years old in Miami.
Elise Richter
Austrian philologist, scholar of romance languages, and university teacher, holocaust victim (1865–1943).
Born March 2nd, 1865 in Vienna.
Died June 21st, 1943 at 78 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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