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Dead at age 78
1,494 Notable deaths
Milton H. Erickson
American psychiatrist (1901–1980).
Born December 5th, 1901 in Aurum.
Died March 25th, 1980 at 78 years old in Phoenix.
Sylvia Pankhurst
Activist, suffragette, pacifist internationalist.
Born May 5th, 1882 in Manchester. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1960 at 78 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-american singer and actress.
Died August 28th, 2007 at 78 years old in Licking (cancer). [ref]
Paul Alexander
American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024).
Born January 30th, 1946 in Dallas. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2024 at 78 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Hamid Gul
Pakistani general.
Born November 20th, 1936 in Sargodha.
Died August 15th, 2015 at 78 years old in Murree. [ref]
Arthur Percival
British army officer in the first and second world wars.
Born December 26th, 1887 in Aspenden.
Died January 31st, 1966 at 78 years old in City of Westminster.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian politician and military leader (1933-2011).
Born November 4th, 1933 in Zungeru.
Died November 26th, 2011 at 78 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006).
Born January 12th, 1928 in Portsmouth. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2006 at 78 years old in Las Vegas (myocardial infarction, stroke). [ref]
Ernst Zündel
German neo-nazi (1939-2017).
Born April 24th, 1939 in Bad Wildbad.
Died August 5th, 2017 at 78 years old in Bad Wildbad (myocardial infarction).
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