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Dead at age 78
1,669 Notable deaths
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]
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962).
Born January 28th, 1884 in Basel.
Died March 24th, 1962 at 78 years old in Chexbres (myocardial infarction).
Emil Zátopek
Czech long-distance runner (1922–2000).
Born September 19th, 1922 in Kopřivnice. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2000 at 78 years old in Prague (stroke). [ref]
Gunter Sachs
Photographer, author and industrialist (1932-2011).
Born November 14th, 1932 in Switzerland, Schonungen.
Died May 7th, 2011 at 78 years old in Gstaad (gunshot wound). [ref]
Edward Hardwicke
English actor (1932-2011).
Born August 7th, 1932 in London. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2011 at 78 years old in Chichester (cancer). [ref]
Nelly Sachs
Jewish german poet and playwright (1891-1970).
Born December 10th, 1891 in Schöneberg. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1970 at 78 years old in Högalid Parish (intestinal cancer). [ref]
Bernard Ebbers
Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020).
Born August 27th, 1941 in Edmonton.
Died February 2nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Brookhaven (dementia). [ref]
Percy Grainger
Australian composer, arranger and pianist.
Born July 8th, 1882 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1961 at 78 years old in White Plains. [ref]
Milton H. Erickson
American psychiatrist (1901–1980).
Born December 5th, 1901 in Aurum.
Died March 25th, 1980 at 78 years old in Phoenix.
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.
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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