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Dead at age 78
1,674 Notable deaths
Eddie Barth
American actor and voice-over artist (1931-2010).
Born September 29th, 1931 in Philadelphia.
Died May 28th, 2010 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Tony Dunne
Irish footballer (1941-2020).
Born July 24th, 1941 in Dublin.
Died June 8th, 2020 at 78 years old [ref]
Edmund Leach
British social anthropologist (1910–1989).
Born November 7th, 1910 in Lancashire, Sidmouth. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1989 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Sheng-yen
Taiwanese buddhist monk, religious scholar, and writer (1931–2009).
Born January 22nd, 1931.
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in Taipei (kidney failure). [ref]
Marian Nixon
Actress.
Born October 20th, 1904 in Superior.
Died February 13th, 1983 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications).
Pan Yuliang
Chinese painter (1895-1977).
Born May 25th, 1899 in Anhui, Jiangdu District. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1977 at 78 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (disease).
Mohamed Meziane
Spanish - moroccan general.
Born February 1st, 1897 in Beni Ansar.
Died May 1st, 1975 at 78 years old in Madrid.
Lucien Febvre
French historian.
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.
Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.
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]
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]
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams