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In the year 1977
526 Notable deaths
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japanese actress and film director.
Born November 29th, 1909 in Shimonoseki. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1977 at 67 years old in Japan (brain cancer).
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).
Jean Rostand
French writer (1894–1977).
Born October 30th, 1894 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 4th, 1977 at 82 years old in Ville-d'Avray.
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Brazilian writer.
Born March 14th, 1914 in Sacramento. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1977 at 63 years old in Parelheiros District (respiratory failure). [ref]
Pierre Clastres
French anthropologist (1934-1977).
Born May 17th, 1934 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1977 at 43 years old in Gabriac (traffic collision). [ref]
Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Emir of kuwait from 1965 to 1977.
Born April 12th, 1913 in Kuwait City.
Died December 31st, 1977 at 64 years old in Kuwait City (cancer).
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Bengali linguist (1890–1977).
Born November 26th, 1890 in Shibpur.
Died May 29th, 1977 at 86 years old in Kolkata.
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.
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]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 526
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