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Dead at age 78
10 Notable deaths
Floyd Little
Player of american football (1942–2021).
Born July 4th, 1942 in New Haven.
Died January 1st, 2021 at 78 years old in Las Vegas (neuroendocrine tumor). [ref]
Leon Uris
American author (1924–2003).
Born August 3rd, 1924 in Baltimore.
Died June 21st, 2003 at 78 years old in New York City, Shelter Island (kidney failure).
James Murray
British lexicographer and philologist, primary editor of the oxford english dictionary (1837–1915).
Born February 7th, 1837 in Roxburghshire.
Died July 26th, 1915 at 78 years old in Oxford.
Van Cliburn
American pianist (1934–2013).
Born July 12th, 1934 in Shreveport.
Died February 27th, 2013 at 78 years old in Fort Worth (bone cancer). [ref]
K. T. Oslin
American musician.
Born May 15th, 1942 in Arkansas.
Died December 21st, 2020 at 78 years old in Nashville (COVID-19, Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Dick Allen
American baseball player and singer (1942-2020).
Born March 8th, 1942 in Wampum.
Died December 7th, 2020 at 78 years old in Wampum. [ref]
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Leader of al-jama'a al-islamiyya.
Born May 3rd, 1938 in Dakahlia Governorate.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 78 years old in Federal Medical Center, Butner (diabetes). [ref]
Aribert Heim
Austrian ss member and physician in mauthausen concentration camp (1914-1992).
Born June 28th, 1914 in Bad Radkersburg.
Died August 10th, 1992 at 78 years old in Cairo (colorectal cancer).
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).
Joseph Joffre
French general (1852–1931).
Born January 12th, 1852 in Rivesaltes.
Died January 3rd, 1931 at 78 years old in Paris.
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