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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
Member of the swiss federal council (1802-1881).
Born February 19th, 1802 in Altstätten.
Died January 21st, 1881 at 78 years old in Muri bei Bern.
Kurt Binder
Austrian physicist (1944–2022).
Born February 10th, 1944 in Korneuburg.
Died September 27th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Otto Schaden
American egyptologist (1937–2015).
Born August 26th, 1937. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2015 at 78 years old [ref]
Albert Filozov
Soviet and russian actor (1937–2016).
Born June 25th, 1937 in Yekaterinburg.
Died April 11th, 2016 at 78 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Abdulla Shaig
Azerbaijani poet, writer and educator (1881–1959).
Born February 24th, 1881 in Tbilisi.
Died July 24th, 1959 at 78 years old in Baku.
Adolf Friedrich von Schack
German poet, historian of literature and art collector (1815–1894).
Born August 2nd, 1815 in Schwerin.
Died April 14th, 1894 at 78 years old in Rome.
Frank Martinus Arion
Writer and poet (1936-2015).
Born December 17th, 1936 in Curaçao. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2015 at 78 years old in Curaçao. [ref]
Horacio Troche
Uruguayan footballer (1935-2014).
Born February 14th, 1936 in Nueva Helvecia.
Died July 14th, 2014 at 78 years old in Morelia. [ref]
Roger Bissière
French painter (1886-1964).
Born September 22nd, 1886 in Villeréal.
Died December 2nd, 1964 at 78 years old in Marminiac.
Pleun Strik
Dutch footballer (1944–2022).
Born May 27th, 1944 in Rotterdam.
Died July 14th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
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