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Dead at age 78

1,494 Notable deaths

Louis Wain

English artist (1860-1939).

Born August 5th, 1860 in Clerkenwell. [ref]

Died July 4th, 1939 at 78 years old in Napsbury Hospital. [ref]

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Indian scientist and statistician.

Born June 29th, 1893 in Kolkata.

Died June 28th, 1972 at 78 years old in Kolkata.

J. G. Ballard

British novelist (1930-2009).

Born November 15th, 1930 in Shanghai, Shanghai International Settlements. [ref]

Died April 19th, 2009 at 78 years old in London (prostate cancer). [ref]

Dietrich Mateschitz

Austrian businessman.

Born May 20th, 1944 in Sankt Marein im Mürztal.

Died October 22nd, 2022 at 78 years old in St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut. [ref]

Terry-Thomas

British comedian and character actor (1911-1990).

Born July 10th, 1911 in Finchley.

Died January 8th, 1990 at 78 years old in Godalming (Parkinson's disease).

Marion Barry

American politician and former mayor of the district of columbia (1936-2014).

Born March 6th, 1936 in Itta Bena.

Died November 23rd, 2014 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).

Zeppo Marx

American film star; member of the marx brothers.

Born February 25th, 1901 in Manhattan. [ref]

Died November 30th, 1979 at 78 years old in Palm Springs (lung cancer). [ref]

D. Ramanaidu

Multilingual indian film producer.

Born June 6th, 1936 in Karamchedu.

Died February 18th, 2015 at 78 years old in Hyderabad.

Islam Karimov

Uzbek politician, 1st and former president of uzbekistan (1938-2016).

Born January 30th, 1938 in Samarkand. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 2016 at 78 years old in Tashkent (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Bernhard Caesar Einstein

American physicist (1930-2008).

Born July 10th, 1930 in Dortmund.

Died September 30th, 2008 at 78 years old in Bern.

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