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Dead at age 78
1,608 Notable deaths
Marcello Mimmi
Catholic cardinal (1882-1961).
Born July 18th, 1882 in Castel San Pietro Terme.
Died March 6th, 1961 at 78 years old in Rome.
Elevter Andronikashvili
Georgian physicist.
Born December 25th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 8th, 1989 at 78 years old in Tbilisi.
John Eke
Swedish long-distance runner.
Born March 12th, 1886 in Högby. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1964 at 78 years old in Pennsylvania.
José Cabanis
French writer and lawyer.
Born March 24th, 1922 in Toulouse. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2000 at 78 years old in Balma. [ref]
Ivan Ilyichev
Soviet diplomat (1905-1983).
Born August 27th, 1905 in Kaluga.
Died September 2nd, 1983 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Gunnar Andersen
Norwegian football player and skier (1890-1968).
Born March 18th, 1890 in Drøbak.
Died April 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Dimitris Kremastinos
Greek doctor, university teacher and politician.
Died May 8th, 2020 at 78 years old in Evangelismos Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Ryszard Parulski
Polish fencer.
Born March 9th, 1938 in Warsaw.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 78 years old in Warsaw.
Fernand Nisot
Belgian footballer (1895-1973).
Born April 11th, 1895 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died July 31st, 1973 at 78 years old in Putte.
Väinö Voionmaa
Finnish politician.
Born February 12th, 1869 in Jyväskylä. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1947 at 78 years old in Helsinki.
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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