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Dead at age 78

1,512 Notable deaths

Petr Eben

Czech composer and organist.

Born January 22nd, 1929 in Žamberk. [ref]

Died October 24th, 2007 at 78 years old in Prague. [ref]

Tomasz Arciszewski

Polish socialist politician (1877–1955).

Born November 4th, 1877 in Rawa Mazowiecka. [ref]

Died November 20th, 1955 at 78 years old in London.

Alfred Nossig

Sculptor.

Born April 18th, 1864 in Lviv.

Died February 22nd, 1943 at 78 years old in Warsaw.

Sergey Malyutin

Russian artist (1859-1937).

Born October 4th, 1859 in Moscow. [ref]

Died December 6th, 1937 at 78 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Peter Landin

British computer scientist (1930-2009).

Born June 5th, 1930 in Sheffield.

Died June 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in England.

Jan Stráský

Czech politician (1940-2019).

Born December 24th, 1940 in Prague, Plzeň. [ref]

Died November 6th, 2019 at 78 years old in Štěrboholy. [ref]

Roger Apéry

Greek-french mathematician.

Born November 14th, 1916 in Rouen. [ref]

Died December 18th, 1994 at 78 years old in Caen (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Bertus Aafjes

Dutch poet and writer (1914-1993).

Born May 12th, 1914 in Amsterdam. [ref]

Died April 23rd, 1993 at 78 years old in Swolgen (cancer). [ref]

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod

Prime minister of romania (1872-1950).

Born February 27th, 1872 in Bobâlna.

Died March 19th, 1950 at 78 years old in Sibiu.

Arthur Hoyt

Actor (1874-1953).

Born March 19th, 1874 in Georgetown.

Died January 4th, 1953 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills.

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