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Dead at age 78
1,599 Notable deaths
Thomas Gore
American politician (1870-1949).
Born December 10th, 1870 in Webster County.
Died March 16th, 1949 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lucien Febvre
French historian.
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.
Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.
Karel Zeman
Czech film director, artist and animator (1910-1989).
Born November 3rd, 1910 in Ostroměř. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1989 at 78 years old in Zlín. [ref]
Burt Kennedy
American film director and screenwriter (1922-2001).
Born September 3rd, 1922 in Muskegon. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2001 at 78 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Sheng-yen
Chinese zen buddhist writer.
Born January 22nd, 1931 in Nantong.
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in Taipei (kidney failure). [ref]
Raghunath Mohapatra
Indian architect and scultpor (1943-2021).
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Puri. [ref]
Died May 9th, 2021 at 78 years old in Bhubaneswar (COVID-19). [ref]
Andre Kostelanetz
American conductor (1901–1980).
Born December 22nd, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 13th, 1980 at 78 years old in Port-au-Prince (pneumonia).
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Duke of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg, then titular duke of schleswig-holstein (1855-1934).
Born October 12th, 1855 in Kiel.
Died January 21st, 1934 at 78 years old in Przemków.
John Ireland
Canadian actor (1914–1992).
Born January 30th, 1914 in Vancouver.
Died March 21st, 1992 at 78 years old in Santa Barbara (leukemia). [ref]
José Antonio Abreu Anselmi ( La estrella de la música)
Venezuelan musician (1939-2018).
Died March 24th, 2018 at 78 years old in Caracas.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner