In the year 1977
517 Notable deaths
Prince Xavier, Hereditary Duke of Parma
Head of the house of bourbon-parma.
Born May 25th, 1889 in Camaiore.
Died May 7th, 1977 at 87 years old in Zizers.
Josef Korbel
Czech diplomat and czech-american scholar (1909-1977).
Born September 20th, 1909 in Letohrad. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1977 at 67 years old in Denver.
Loren Eiseley
Us philosopher (1907-1977).
Born September 3rd, 1907 in Lincoln. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1977 at 69 years old in Philadelphia (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Oskar Morgenstern
Austrian economist.
Born January 24th, 1902 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1977 at 75 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Philosopher and university president.
Born January 17th, 1899 in Brooklyn.
Died May 17th, 1977 at 78 years old in Santa Barbara.
Robert McKimson
American animator, illustrator, and director (1910-1977).
Born October 13th, 1910 in Denver.
Died September 29th, 1977 at 66 years old in Burbank, Van Nuys (myocardial infarction).
Anastasia de Torby
Russian countess (1892-1977); elder daughter of grand duke michael mikhailovich of russia and countess sophie of merenberg.
Born September 9th, 1892 in Wiesbaden.
Died December 7th, 1977 at 85 years old in London.
Ba Maw
Burmese politician (1893-1977).
Born February 8th, 1893 in Ma-ubin.
Died May 29th, 1977 at 84 years old in Yangon.
Henry Williamson
British ruralist and natural history writer.
Born December 1st, 1895 in London Borough of Lewisham. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1977 at 81 years old in London.
Yevgenia Ginzburg
Russian author.
Born December 20th, 1904 in Moscow.
Died May 25th, 1977 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 517
The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu