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Dead at age 78
1,599 Notable deaths
Mike Lowry
American politician (1939-2017).
Born March 8th, 1939 in St. John.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 78 years old in Olympia (stroke). [ref]
ʻAkilisi Pohiva
15th prime minister of tonga.
Born April 7th, 1941 in Fakakakai. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2019 at 78 years old in Auckland City Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Tony Dunne
Irish footballer (1941-2020).
Born July 24th, 1941 in Dublin.
Died June 8th, 2020 at 78 years old [ref]
Owen Wister
American writer.
Born July 14th, 1860 in Germantown. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
German general.
Born June 15th, 1889 in Kołobrzeg.
Died March 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Peter Grünberg
German physicist, and nobel prize in physics laureate (1939-2018).
Born May 18th, 1939 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died April 7th, 2018 at 78 years old in Jülich. [ref]
Arthur Boyd
Australian painter (1920-1999).
Born July 24th, 1920 in Murrumbeena. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1999 at 78 years old in Melbourne. [ref]
Detlev Bronk
Scientist.
Born August 13th, 1897 in New York City.
Died November 17th, 1975 at 78 years old in New York City.
Robert Creeley
American poet (1926-2005).
Born May 21st, 1926 in Arlington. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2005 at 78 years old in Odessa (pneumonia). [ref]
John Varley
American science fiction author.
Born August 9th, 1947 in Austin.
Died December 10th, 2025 at 78 years old in Beaverton. [ref]
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius