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In the year 1977
563 Notable deaths
Tay Garnett
American film director and writer (1894–1977).
Born June 13th, 1894 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1977 at 83 years old in California (leukemia).
Edmund Veesenmayer
German holocaust perpetrator (1904–1977).
Born November 12th, 1904 in Bad Kissingen. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1977 at 73 years old in Darmstadt.
Son Ngoc Thanh
2nd prime minister of cambodia (1908-1977).
Born December 7th, 1908 in Trà Vinh.
Died August 8th, 1977 at 68 years old in Ho Chi Minh City.
Katherine Stinson
American aviator.
Born February 14th, 1891 in Fort Payne.
Died July 8th, 1977 at 86 years old in Santa Fe.
Hamid Dalwai
Indian social reformer, thinker and writer (1932-1977).
Born September 29th, 1932 in Mirjoli.
Died May 3rd, 1977 at 44 years old in Mumbai.
Félix Gouin
French politician and jurist, temporary prime minister of france (1884-1977).
Born October 4th, 1884 in Peypin. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1977 at 93 years old in Nice. [ref]
Jan-Carl Raspe
German terrorist.
Born July 24th, 1944 in Seefeld in Tirol.
Died October 18th, 1977 at 33 years old in Stammheim Prison.
Miloš Crnjanski
Expressionist modernist poet, author, and diplomat from austria-hungary.
Born October 26th, 1893 in Csongrád.
Died November 30th, 1977 at 84 years old in Belgrade.
Marston Morse
American mathematician (1892–1977).
Born March 24th, 1892 in Waterville.
Died June 22nd, 1977 at 85 years old in Princeton.
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan