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Dead at age 78
1,608 Notable deaths
Primo Zeglio
Italian film director.
Born July 8th, 1906 in Buronzo. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1984 at 78 years old in Rome. [ref]
Guram Minashvili
Basketball player (1936-2015).
Born November 25th, 1936 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2015 at 78 years old in Tbilisi.
Gerd Hornberger
German sprinter (1910-1988).
Born February 17th, 1910 in Waldfischbach-Burgalben.
Died September 13th, 1988 at 78 years old in Waldfischbach-Burgalben.
Cristina Alberdi
Spanish politician and lawyer.
Born February 22nd, 1946 in Los Rosales.
Died June 27th, 2024 at 78 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Juho Saaristo
Athletics competitor (1891-1969).
Born July 21st, 1891 in Tampere.
Died October 12th, 1969 at 78 years old in Tampere.
Jahangir Butt
Pakistani field hockey player.
Born April 17th, 1943 in Gujranwala.
Died September 7th, 2021 at 78 years old [ref]
Émile Georget
French racing cyclist (1881–1960).
Born November 21st, 1881 in Bossay-sur-Claise. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1960 at 78 years old in Châtellerault. [ref]
Orlando de la Torre
Peruvian footballer (1943–2022).
Born November 21st, 1943 in Trujillo.
Died August 24th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Johannes Schlaf
German playwright, author, and translator and an important exponent of naturalism.
Born June 21st, 1862 in Querfurt. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Querfurt. [ref]
Theodor Siebs
German linguist.
Born August 26th, 1862 in Bremen. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1941 at 78 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
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