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Dead at age 78
2,163 Notable deaths
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Indian scientist and statistician (1893–1972).
Born June 29th, 1893 in Kolkata.
Died June 28th, 1972 at 78 years old in Kolkata.
Romano Mussolini
Italian jazz pianist, painter, film producer, and the fourth child and youngest son of benito mussolini (1927–2006).
Born September 26th, 1927 in Forlì. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2006 at 78 years old in Rome. [ref]
Jagjivan Ram
Indian independence activist and politician (1908-1986).
Born April 5th, 1908 in Bhojpur district.
Died July 6th, 1986 at 78 years old in New Delhi.
Islam Karimov
1st president of the republic of uzbekistan (1938–2016).
Born January 30th, 1938 in Samarkand. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2016 at 78 years old in Tashkent (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Marc Rich
American commodities trader (1934–2013).
Born December 18th, 1934 in Antwerp.
Died June 26th, 2013 at 78 years old in Lucerne (stroke).
Carmine Coppola
American composer (1910-1991).
Born June 11th, 1912 in Manhattan.
Died April 26th, 1991 at 78 years old in Northridge (heart failure).
George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959).
Born December 31st, 1880 in Uniontown.
Died October 16th, 1959 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Charles Boyer
French actor (1899–1978).
Born August 28th, 1899 in Figeac.
Died August 26th, 1978 at 78 years old in Phoenix (drug overdose). [ref]
Christiaan Barnard
South african cardiac surgeon.
Born November 8th, 1922 in Beaufort West.
Died September 2nd, 2001 at 78 years old in Paphos (asthma).
Paul Kruger
South african politician and president of the south african republic (1825–1904).
Born October 10th, 1825 in Cape Colony.
Died July 14th, 1904 at 78 years old in Clarens (pneumonia).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel