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In the year 1977
494 Notable deaths
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Bengali linguist.
Born November 26th, 1890 in Howrah district.
Died May 29th, 1977 at 86 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Arsenio Erico
Paraguayan football striker (1915-1977).
Born March 30th, 1915 in Asunción.
Died July 23rd, 1977 at 62 years old in Buenos Aires.
Oskar Klein
Swedish physicist.
Born September 15th, 1894 in Mörby.
Died February 5th, 1977 at 82 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Herbert Wilcox
Film producer and director from britain (1890-1977).
Born April 19th, 1890 in Cork. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1977 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Peter Carl Goldmark
American inventor.
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 7th, 1977 at 71 years old in Port Chester (traffic collision).
Abner Biberman
American actor, director, and screenwriter.
Born April 1st, 1909 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1977 at 68 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Tatsuo Yoshida
Manga artist.
Born March 6th, 1933 in Kyoto.
Died September 5th, 1977 at 44 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer). [ref]
Džemal Bijedić
Bosnian politician (1917-1977).
Born April 12th, 1917 in Mostar. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1977 at 59 years old in Sarajevo.
Sergey Ilyushin
Soviet aircraft engineer and designer (1894-1977).
Born March 30th, 1894 in Diljalevo.
Died February 9th, 1977 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Louis Fieser
American organic chemist.
Born April 7th, 1899 in Columbus. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1977 at 78 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 494
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