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Dead at age 78
1,604 Notable deaths
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
Soviet singer (1906-1984).
Born March 24th, 1906 in Kharkiv.
Died June 17th, 1984 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Barney Ewell
Athletics competitor (1918-1996).
Born February 25th, 1918 in Harrisburg.
Died April 4th, 1996 at 78 years old in Lancaster.
Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001).
Born December 23rd, 1922 in Rang-du-Fliers.
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
Bruno Schleinstein
German actor and musician (1932-2010).
Born June 2nd, 1932 in Berlin.
Died August 11th, 2010 at 78 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nikos Engonopoulos
Greek artist (1907-1985).
Born October 21st, 1907 in Athens.
Died October 31st, 1985 at 78 years old in Athens (myocardial infarction).
Saburo Okita
Japanese economist (1914–1993).
Born November 3rd, 1914 in Dalian.
Died February 9th, 1993 at 78 years old in Tokyo.
André Hossein
French composer (1905-1983).
Born February 2nd, 1905 in Samarkand. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1983 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Percy Sykes
British general, diplomat and scholar (1867–1945).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Canterbury. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Charles Konan Banny
Ivorian politician (1942–2021).
Born November 11th, 1942 in Divo.
Died September 10th, 2021 at 78 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (COVID-19). [ref]
Aspazija
Latvian poet (1865-1943).
Born March 16th, 1865. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1943 at 78 years old in Dubulti. [ref]
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