Dead at age 78
1,509 Notable deaths
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.
Born December 4th, 1853 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 78 years old in Rome (pneumonia). [ref]
Johannes Itten
Architect, designer (1888-1967).
Born November 11th, 1888 in Thun. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1967 at 78 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Sian Barbara Allen
American actress (1946–2025).
Born July 12th, 1946 in Reading.
Died March 31st, 2025 at 78 years old in Chapel Hill (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
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