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In the year 1977
494 Notable deaths
Ernst Wigforss
Swedish politician (1881-1977).
Born January 24th, 1881 in Halmstad.
Died January 2nd, 1977 at 95 years old
Witold Małcużyński
Polish musician.
Born August 10th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died July 18th, 1977 at 62 years old in Mallorca. [ref]
David Toro
President of bolivia (1898-1977).
Born June 24th, 1898 in Sucre.
Died July 25th, 1977 at 79 years old in Santiago.
Konstantin Fedin
Russian-soviet writer and poet (1892-1977).
Born March 7th, 1892 in Saratov. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1977 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Victor Heerman
Screenwriter and film director (1893-1977).
Born August 27th, 1893 in Surrey. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1977 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Armand Lunel
French writer born in occitania.
Born June 9th, 1892 in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1977 at 85 years old in Monaco. [ref]
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych
Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977).
Born April 25th, 1898 in Lviv.
Died April 8th, 1977 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Karen Krantzcke
Australian female tennis player (1947-1977).
Born February 1st, 1947 in Brisbane. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1977 at 30 years old in Tallahassee (myocardial infarction).
Bobojon Ghafurov
Tajikistani historian (1908-1977).
Born December 31st, 1908.
Died July 12th, 1977 at 68 years old in Dushanbe.
Pierre Cot
French politician (1895-1977).
Born November 20th, 1895 in Grenoble. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1977 at 81 years old in Coise-Saint-Jean-Pied-Gauthier. [ref]
Deaths 301 to 310 of 494
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