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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Tadeusz Korzon
Polish historian (1839–1918).
Born November 9th, 1839 in Minsk.
Died March 18th, 1918 at 78 years old in Warsaw.
Viktor Logunov
Soviet russian racing cyclist (1944–2022).
Born July 21st, 1944 in Moscow.
Died October 10th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Edelmiro Arévalo
Paraguayan footballer (1929-2008).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Paraguay.
Died January 3rd, 2008 at 78 years old [ref]
Alexandre Prigogine
Russian-belgian ornithologist and mineralogist (1913-1991).
Born April 25th, 1913 in Moscow.
Died May 7th, 1991 at 78 years old in Brussels.
Hans-Joachim Weise
German sailor.
Born November 15th, 1912 in Berlin.
Died February 24th, 1991 at 78 years old in Celle.
Maria Badia i Cutchet
Spanish politician.
Born May 13th, 1947 in Sant Quirze del Vallès.
Died March 28th, 2026 at 78 years old [ref]
Bengt-Erik Grahn
Swedish alpine skier (1941-2019).
Born April 30th, 1941 in Vilhelmina Municipality.
Died November 21st, 2019 at 78 years old in Lidingö. [ref]
Alfred von Reumont
German scholar and diplomat (1808-1887).
Born August 15th, 1808 in Aachen.
Died April 27th, 1887 at 78 years old in Aachen.
Paul Henri Lecomte
French botanist (1856-1934).
Born January 8th, 1856 in Saint-Nabord.
Died June 12th, 1934 at 78 years old in Paris.
Ľudmila Podjavorinská
Czechoslovak poet, writer and children books writer.
Born April 26th, 1872 in Bzince pod Javorinou.
Died March 2nd, 1951 at 78 years old in Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
Deaths 1911 to 1920 of 2164
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