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Dead at age 78
1,604 Notable deaths
Princess Xenia of Montenegro
Daughter of nicholas i of montenegro (1881-1960).
Born April 22nd, 1881 in Cetinje.
Died March 10th, 1960 at 78 years old in Paris.
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
Salvadoran-french writer and artist (1901-1979).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Armenia. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1979 at 78 years old in Grasse (asthma).
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 (1871–1950).
Born November 27th, 1871 in Lucca.
Died August 19th, 1950 at 78 years old in Castiglioncello.
Marita Lindahl
Miss world 1957 (1938–2017).
Born October 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.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe