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In the year 1977
494 Notable deaths
Gertrude Astor
American actress (1887-1977).
Born November 9th, 1887 in Lakewood.
Died November 9th, 1977 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Bautista Marigliano
Argentine journalist and writer.
Born January 9th, 1927 in Lamarque. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1977 at 50 years old in Buenos Aires.
Félix Gouin
President of france (1884-1977).
Born October 4th, 1884 in Peypin. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1977 at 93 years old in Nice. [ref]
José Castellanos Contreras
Salvadoran diplomat and righteous among the nations (1893-1977).
Born December 23rd, 1893 in San Vicente.
Died June 18th, 1977 at 83 years old in San Salvador.
Miloš Crnjanski
Expressionist modernist poet, author, and diplomat from austria-hungary.
Born October 26th, 1893 in Csongrád. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1977 at 84 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Marston Morse
American mathematician.
Born March 24th, 1892 in Waterville. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1977 at 85 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Jan Patočka
Czech essayist and philosopher (1907-1977).
Born June 1st, 1907 in Turnov. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1977 at 69 years old in Prague (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Tom Gries
American director (1922-1977).
Born December 20th, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1977 at 54 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edmund Veesenmayer
German general (1904-1977).
Born November 12th, 1904 in Bad Kissingen, Berlin. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1977 at 73 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
William L. Laurence
American journalist (1888-1977).
Born March 7th, 1888 in Salantai.
Died March 19th, 1977 at 89 years old in Mallorca (thrombus).
Deaths 181 to 190 of 494
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot