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Dead at age 78
1,685 Notable deaths
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.
Ludwig Biermann
German astronomer (1907-1986).
Born March 13th, 1907 in Hamm.
Died January 12th, 1986 at 78 years old in Munich.
Johannes Baumann
Member of the swiss federal council (1874-1953).
Born November 27th, 1874 in Herisau.
Died September 8th, 1953 at 78 years old in Herisau.
Evgeny Golubev
Russian composer (1910–1988).
Born February 16th, 1910 in Moscow.
Died December 25th, 1988 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Fernando Atzori
Italian boxer.
Born June 1st, 1942 in Ales, Sardinia.
Died November 9th, 2020 at 78 years old in Florence. [ref]
Agustín Sauto Arana
Spanish footballer.
Born May 11th, 1908 in Barakaldo.
Died August 21st, 1986 at 78 years old in Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran.
Misael Escuti
Chilean footballer (1926-2005).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Copiapó.
Died January 3rd, 2005 at 78 years old in Santiago (cardiovascular disease).
Deaths 1301 to 1310 of 1685
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