Dead at age 78
1,600 Notable deaths
José Antonio Abreu Anselmi ( La estrella de la música)
Venezuelan musician (1939-2018).
Died March 24th, 2018 at 78 years old in Caracas.
John Pople
Nobel prize winning british chemist (1925-2004).
Born October 31st, 1925 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died March 15th, 2004 at 78 years old in Chicago (liver cancer).
Alex Hannum
American basketball player and coach (1923-2002).
Born July 19th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died January 18th, 2002 at 78 years old in San Diego.
Jimmy Fontana
Italian actor and musician (1934–2013).
Born November 13th, 1934 in Camerino.
Died September 11th, 2013 at 78 years old in Rome.
Marthe Robin
French roman catholic mystic (1902-1981).
Born March 13th, 1902 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1981 at 78 years old in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure. [ref]
George B. Cortelyou
American politician (1862-1940).
Born July 26th, 1862 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1940 at 78 years old in Long Island.
Abba P. Lerner
American economist (1903-1982).
Born October 28th, 1903 in Novoselytsia, Bessarabia Governorate.
Died October 27th, 1982 at 78 years old in Tallahassee.
Oleg Antonov
Soviet aeroplane designer (1906-1984).
Born February 7th, 1906 in Troica.
Died April 4th, 1984 at 78 years old in Kyiv.
Daniel Stern
American psychiatrist and psychoanalytic theorist (1934-2012).
Born August 16th, 1934 in New York City.
Died November 12th, 2012 at 78 years old in Geneva.
Laurel Aitken
Singer.
Born April 22nd, 1927 in Havana. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2005 at 78 years old in Leicester (myocardial infarction).
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson