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Dead at age 78
1,677 Notable deaths
Martin Knudsen
Danish physicist (1871-1949).
Born February 15th, 1871 in Hasmark Strand.
Died May 27th, 1949 at 78 years old in Copenhagen.
Mario Corso
Italian football player and manager (1941-2020).
Born August 25th, 1941 in Verona.
Died June 20th, 2020 at 78 years old in Milan. [ref]
Pyotr Gavrilov
Soviet officer.
Born June 30th, 1900 in Älbädän.
Died January 26th, 1979 at 78 years old in Krasnodar.
Götz Werner
German businessman and basic income advocate (1944–2022).
Born February 5th, 1944 in Heidelberg.
Died February 8th, 2022 at 78 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Douglas Lowe
British athletes.
Born August 7th, 1902 in Manchester.
Died March 30th, 1981 at 78 years old in Cranbrook.
Kurt Moll
German opera singer (1938-2017).
Born April 11th, 1938 in Buir.
Died March 5th, 2017 at 78 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Fritz Kortner
Actor; theatre director.
Born May 12th, 1892 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1970 at 78 years old in Munich (leukemia). [ref]
Tony Garnier
French architect.
Born August 13th, 1869 in 1st arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1948 at 78 years old in Roquefort-la-Bédoule. [ref]
Constantin Noica
Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet.
Born July 12th, 1909 in Vitănești.
Died December 4th, 1987 at 78 years old in Sibiu.
Suzette Haden Elgin
American linguist and writer (1936-2015).
Born November 18th, 1936 in Louisiana.
Died January 27th, 2015 at 78 years old in Arkansas. [ref]
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