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Dead at age 78
1,597 Notable deaths
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor of british west indian origin (1905-1984).
Born September 8th, 1905 in Roseau. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1984 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Wayne Cochran
American soul singer (1939-2017).
Born May 10th, 1939 in Thomaston. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Miami (cancer). [ref]
Red Holzman
American basketball player and coach (1920-1998).
Born August 10th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 78 years old in New Hyde Park (leukemia).
Lash LaRue
American actor (1917-1996).
Born June 15th, 1917 in Gretna.
Died May 21st, 1996 at 78 years old in Burbank (pulmonary emphysema).
Bridget Dowling
Adolf hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to alois hitler, jr..
Born July 3rd, 1891 in Dublin.
Died November 18th, 1969 at 78 years old in Long Island.
Cheddi Jagan
President of guyana, prime minister of guyana, dentist (1918-1997).
Born March 22nd, 1918 in Port Mourant.
Died March 6th, 1997 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Prime minister of kuwait (1930-2008).
Born May 13th, 1930 in Kuwait City.
Died May 13th, 2008 at 78 years old in Kuwait City. [ref]
Merry Anders
American actress.
Born May 22nd, 1934 in Chicago.
Died October 28th, 2012 at 78 years old in Encino (disease). [ref]
Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984).
Born May 24th, 1905 in Kruzhilin. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1984 at 78 years old in Vyoshenskaya (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Errico Malatesta
Anarchist (1853-1932).
Born December 4th, 1853 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 78 years old in Rome (pneumonia).
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson