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Dead at age 78
2,164 Notable deaths
Jesse Beams
American physicist (1898–1977).
Born December 25th, 1898 in Belle Plaine.
Died July 23rd, 1977 at 78 years old in Charlottesville.
Fritz Schäffer
German politician (1888-1967).
Born May 12th, 1888 in Munich.
Died March 29th, 1967 at 78 years old in Berchtesgaden.
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
French prime minister (1914–1993).
Born August 19th, 1914 in Luisant.
Died February 10th, 1993 at 78 years old in Paris.
Friedrich Georg Jünger
German writer (1898–1977).
Born September 1st, 1898 in Hanover.
Died July 20th, 1977 at 78 years old in Überlingen.
Marita Lindahl
Miss world 1957 (1938–2017).
Born October 17th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died March 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Oxford.
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).
Alketas Panagoulias
Greek footballer (1934-2012).
Born May 30th, 1934 in Thessaloniki.
Died June 18th, 2012 at 78 years old in Fairfax County. [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.
Roger Apéry
Greek-french mathematician.
Born November 14th, 1916 in Rouen.
Died December 18th, 1994 at 78 years old in Caen (Parkinson's disease).
Karl Binding
German jurist (1841-1920).
Born June 4th, 1841 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1920 at 78 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
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