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Dead at age 78
1,512 Notable deaths
Alexander Rüstow
German academic.
Born April 8th, 1885 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1963 at 78 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Giovanni Giorgi
Italian physicist and engineer.
Born November 27th, 1871 in Lucca. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1950 at 78 years old in Castiglioncello. [ref]
Marita Lindahl
Miss world 1957 (1938–2017).
Born September 17th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died March 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Oxford.
Rik Van Steenbergen
Cyclist (1924-2003).
Born September 9th, 1924 in Arendonk.
Died May 15th, 2003 at 78 years old in Antwerp.
Eric Arturo Delvalle
President of panama (1937-2015).
Born February 2nd, 1937 in Panama City.
Died October 2nd, 2015 at 78 years old in Cleveland.
Ekrem Bora
Turkish actor.
Born March 7th, 1934 in Ankara.
Died April 1st, 2012 at 78 years old in Istanbul (heart failure).
Marc Bazin
President of haiti, a world bank official, former united nations functionary and haitian minister of finance and economy (1932-2010).
Born March 6th, 1932 in Saint-Marc.
Died June 16th, 2010 at 78 years old in Port-au-Prince (prostate cancer).
Cesare Bonizzi
Italian capuchin friar and rock singer.
Born March 15th, 1946 in Offanengo.
Died November 19th, 2024 at 78 years old in Bergamo.
Fulvio Bernardini
Italian footballer (1905-1984).
Born December 28th, 1905 in Rome.
Died January 13th, 1984 at 78 years old in Rome.
Gottfried von Einem
Austrian composer (1916-1996).
Born January 24th, 1918 in Bern. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1996 at 78 years old in Maissau. [ref]
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