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Dead at age 78
1,604 Notable deaths
Sam De Grasse
Actor (1875-1953).
Born June 12th, 1875 in New Brunswick.
Died November 29th, 1953 at 78 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Rem Viakhirev
Russian businessman (1934-2013).
Born August 23rd, 1934 in Bolshaya Chernigovka.
Died February 11th, 2013 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Arnulf Øverland
Norwegian writer (1889-1968).
Born April 27th, 1889 in Kristiansund.
Died March 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Sat-Okh
Children's author and soldier in the polish resistance during world war ii.
Born April 15th, 1925 in Alexeyevsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Canada.
Died July 3rd, 2003 at 78 years old in Gdańsk.
Otto Modersohn
German artist (1865-1943).
Born February 22nd, 1865 in Soest. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1943 at 78 years old in Rotenburg an der Wümme. [ref]
Judith Mason
South african artist (1938-2016).
Born October 10th, 1938 in Pretoria.
Died December 29th, 2016 at 78 years old in White River.
Boghos Nubar
Ottoman politician.
Born August 2nd, 1851 in Constantinople.
Died June 25th, 1930 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nikolay Antoshkin
Russian air force colonel general and statesman (1942–2021).
Born December 19th, 1942 in Kuzminovka.
Died January 17th, 2021 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Jack Beresford
British rower.
Born January 1st, 1899 in Chiswick.
Died December 3rd, 1977 at 78 years old in Oxfordshire.
Fritz Schäffer
German politician (1888-1967).
Born May 12th, 1888 in Munich.
Died March 29th, 1967 at 78 years old in Berchtesgaden.
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