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In the year 1977
518 Notable deaths
Waldemar Klingelhöfer
German opera singer.
Born April 4th, 1900 in Moscow.
Died January 18th, 1977 at 76 years old in Villingen-Schwenningen.
Renato Curi
Italian footballer (1953-1977).
Born September 20th, 1953 in Montefiore dell'Aso.
Died October 30th, 1977 at 24 years old in Perugia (myocardial infarction).
Carlos Pellicer
Modernist mexican poet.
Born January 16th, 1899 in Villahermosa. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1977 at 78 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Ruth Elder
American pilot and actress (1902-1977).
Born September 8th, 1902 in Anniston.
Died October 9th, 1977 at 75 years old in San Francisco.
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Soviet general.
Born July 30th, 1900 in Tyumen.
Died October 17th, 1977 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Luciano Re Cecconi
Italian footballer (1948-1977).
Born December 1st, 1948 in Nerviano.
Died January 18th, 1977 at 28 years old in Rome.
Paul Hartmann
German actor.
Born January 8th, 1889 in Fürth. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1977 at 88 years old in Munich. [ref]
Isaac Boleslavsky
Soviet chess player.
Born June 9th, 1919 in Zolotonosha.
Died February 15th, 1977 at 57 years old in Minsk.
Pascual Pérez
Boxer (1926-1977).
Born May 4th, 1926 in Rodeo del Medio.
Died January 22nd, 1977 at 50 years old in Buenos Aires (liver disease).
Jack Beresford
British rower.
Born January 1st, 1899 in Chiswick.
Died December 3rd, 1977 at 78 years old in Oxfordshire.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel