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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie
French and basque geographer (1815-1893).
Born July 24th, 1815 in Dublin.
Died November 13th, 1893 at 78 years old in Ciboure.
Yvan Delporte
Writer (1928–2007).
Born June 24th, 1928 in Saint-Gilles.
Died March 5th, 2007 at 78 years old in Brussels. [ref]
José Pablo Feinmann
Argentine philosopher and writer (1943–2021).
Born March 29th, 1943 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 17th, 2021 at 78 years old in Buenos Aires (stroke). [ref]
Dominique Lecourt
French philosopher (1944–2022).
Born February 5th, 1944 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 1st, 2022 at 78 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Vasile Voiculescu
Romanian writer (1884–1963).
Born October 27th, 1884 in Pârscov.
Died April 27th, 1963 at 78 years old in Bucharest (cancer). [ref]
Fritz Diez
German actor (1901-1979).
Born February 27th, 1901 in Meiningen.
Died October 19th, 1979 at 78 years old in Weimar.
Markus Raetz
Swiss artist (1941-2020).
Born June 6th, 1941 in Büren an der Aare.
Died April 14th, 2020 at 78 years old in Bern. [ref]
Niels Helveg Petersen
Danish politician (1939-2017).
Born January 17th, 1939 in Odense.
Died June 3rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tullebølle Parish (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Aino Kallas
Finnish-estonian writer (1878-1956).
Born August 2nd, 1878 in Vyborg, Kiiskilä.
Died November 9th, 1956 at 78 years old in Helsinki.
Yaroslav Yevdokimov
Russian singer.
Born November 22nd, 1946 in Rivne.
Died August 22nd, 2025 at 78 years old in Minsk. [ref]
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