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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Anna Whitlock
Swedish feminist (1852-1930).
Born June 13th, 1852 in Finnish church parish. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1930 at 78 years old in Danderyd. [ref]
Leen Vente
Dutch footballer (1911-1989).
Born May 14th, 1911 in Rotterdam.
Died November 9th, 1989 at 78 years old in Rotterdam.
Louis Martin
British weightlifter (1936-2015).
Born November 11th, 1936 in Kingston.
Died January 16th, 2015 at 78 years old in Heanor (cancer). [ref]
Bruno Pittermann
Austrian politician (1905-1983).
Born September 3rd, 1905 in Vienna.
Died September 19th, 1983 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Jean-Baptiste Billot
French general and politician (1828-1907).
Born August 15th, 1828 in Chaumeil.
Died May 31st, 1907 at 78 years old in Paris.
Félix Pyat
French socialist journalist and politician (1810–1889).
Born October 4th, 1810 in Vierzon.
Died August 3rd, 1889 at 78 years old in Saint-Gratien.
Mélanie Hahnemann
French painter and homeopathic physician (1800-1878).
Born February 2nd, 1800 in Brussels.
Died May 27th, 1878 at 78 years old in Paris.
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
United states economist (1861–1939).
Born April 25th, 1861 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 78 years old in Lake Placid.
Maryse Wolinski
French journalist, novelist and writer (1943-2021).
Born May 3rd, 1943 in Algiers. [ref]
Died December 9th, 2021 at 78 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Willem Kloos
Dutch poet (1859-1938).
Born May 6th, 1859 in Amsterdam.
Died March 31st, 1938 at 78 years old in cunt.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon