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Dead at age 78
1,676 Notable deaths
Naoto Tajima
Japanese long and triple jumper.
Born August 15th, 1912 in Iwakuni.
Died December 4th, 1990 at 78 years old in Iwakuni.
Tully Marshall
Actor.
Born April 10th, 1864 in Nevada City.
Died March 10th, 1943 at 78 years old in Encino (myocardial infarction).
Derek Mahon
Irish poet (1941–2020).
Born November 23rd, 1941 in Belfast.
Died October 1st, 2020 at 78 years old in Cork (disease). [ref]
Rajani Palme Dutt
British communist and journalist (1896-1974).
Born June 19th, 1896 in Cambridge.
Died December 20th, 1974 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Darrall Imhoff
American basketball player (1938-2017).
Born October 11th, 1938 in San Gabriel. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2017 at 78 years old in Bend (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Soviet air force marshal (1942–2020).
Born February 3rd, 1942 in Bolshoi Log.
Died December 8th, 2020 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Mário Coluna
Portuguese footballer (1935-2014).
Born August 6th, 1935 in Maputo.
Died February 25th, 2014 at 78 years old in Maputo. [ref]
Jonathan Riley-Smith
British historian.
Born June 27th, 1938 in Harrogate.
Died September 13th, 2016 at 78 years old [ref]
Gerald Nye
American politician and antiwar activist (1892-1971).
Born December 19th, 1892 in Hortonville.
Died July 17th, 1971 at 78 years old in Brentwood (surgical complications).
Peter Lustig
German television presenter and author of children's books (1937–2016).
Born October 27th, 1937 in Wrocław.
Died February 23rd, 2016 at 78 years old in Bohmstedt (stomach cancer). [ref]
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