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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American geologist and eugenicist (1857–1935).
Born August 8th, 1857 in Fairfield.
Died November 6th, 1935 at 78 years old in New York City.
Katie Johnson
English actress (1878–1957).
Born November 18th, 1878 in Pyecombe.
Died May 4th, 1957 at 78 years old in Elham.
Charles Hermite
French mathematician (1822-1901).
Born December 24th, 1822 in Dieuze.
Died January 14th, 1901 at 78 years old in Paris.
Homayoun Ershadi
Iranian actor (1947–2025).
Born March 26th, 1947 in Isfahan.
Died November 11th, 2025 at 78 years old (cancer). [ref]
Norman Stone
Author, educator, historian (1941–2019).
Born March 8th, 1941 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2019 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Rensis Likert
American statistician (1903–1981).
Born August 5th, 1903 in Cheyenne.
Died September 3rd, 1981 at 78 years old in Ann Arbor.
Brooks Adams
American political writer (1848–1927).
Born June 24th, 1848 in Quincy.
Died February 13th, 1927 at 78 years old in Boston.
Bill Reid
Canadian sculptor, jeweler, painter (1920–1998).
Born January 12th, 1920 in Victoria. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1998 at 78 years old in Vancouver (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Dominique Venner
French journalist and essayist (1935–2013).
Born April 16th, 1935 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 21st, 2013 at 78 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).
Rudolf Laban
Austrian choreographer (1879-1958).
Born December 15th, 1879 in Bratislava.
Died July 1st, 1958 at 78 years old in Weybridge.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir