In the year 1977
544 Notable deaths
Cal Hubbard
American football player and coach, baseball umpire (1900–1977).
Born October 31st, 1900 in Missouri.
Died October 17th, 1977 at 76 years old in Florida (cancer).
Nathan Homer Knorr
Jehovah's witnesses leader.
Born April 23rd, 1905 in Bethlehem.
Died June 8th, 1977 at 72 years old in Wallkill (brain cancer).
Arsenio Erico
Paraguayan football striker (1915-1977).
Born March 30th, 1915 in Asunción.
Died July 23rd, 1977 at 62 years old in Buenos Aires.
Tom Gries
American director (1922-1977).
Born December 20th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died January 3rd, 1977 at 54 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction).
William Grey Walter
American-born british neuroscientist and roboticist.
Born February 19th, 1910 in Kansas City.
Died May 6th, 1977 at 67 years old in Clifton.
Gertrude Astor
American actress (1887-1977).
Born November 9th, 1887 in Lakewood.
Died November 9th, 1977 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977).
Born March 4th, 1921 in Araria district. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1977 at 56 years old in Bihar. [ref]
Richard Addinsell
English composer (1904–1977).
Born January 13th, 1904 in London.
Died November 15th, 1977 at 73 years old in London.
Alexey Stakhanov
Soviet miner, namesake of stakhanovite movement (1906-1977).
Born January 3rd, 1906 in Lugovaya.
Died November 5th, 1977 at 71 years old in Chystiakove (multiple sclerosis).
Tatsuo Yoshida
Manga artist.
Born March 6th, 1933 in Kyoto.
Died September 5th, 1977 at 44 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer). [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 544
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde