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Dead at age 78

1,595 Notable deaths

Dolores del Río

Mexican actress (1904–1983).

Born August 3rd, 1904 in Durango. [ref]

Died April 11th, 1983 at 78 years old in Newport Beach (liver failure). [ref]

Maria Rasputin

Daughter of grigori rasputin; memoirist, circus performer.

Born March 29th, 1899 in Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast. [ref]

Died September 27th, 1977 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.

Buddy Hackett

American actor and comedian.

Born August 31st, 1924 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died June 30th, 2003 at 78 years old in Malibu (diabetes). [ref]

Dirk Bogarde

British actor (1922-1999).

Born March 28th, 1921 in West Hampstead. [ref]

Died May 8th, 1999 at 78 years old in Chelsea (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Steve Allen

American comedian, actor and musician (1921-2000).

Born December 26th, 1921 in New York City.

Died October 30th, 2000 at 78 years old in Encino (car collision).

Don Williams

American country singer (1939-2017).

Born May 27th, 1939 in Floydada.

Died September 8th, 2017 at 78 years old in Mobile (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]

Donald O'Connor

American dancer, singer, and actor.

Born August 25th, 1925 in Chicago.

Died September 27th, 2003 at 78 years old in Calabasas (myocardial infarction, cardioplegia). [ref]

Kay Parker

English pornographic film actress.

Born August 28th, 1944 in Birmingham.

Died October 14th, 2022 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Yvonne Craig

American actress and ballerina (1937-2015).

Born May 16th, 1937 in Taylorville.

Died August 17th, 2015 at 78 years old in Pacific Palisades (breast cancer). [ref]

B. J. Thomas

American recording artist; pop singer.

Born August 7th, 1942 in Hugo.

Died May 29th, 2021 at 78 years old in Arlington (lung cancer). [ref]

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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson