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In the year 1977
519 Notable deaths
Gersh Budker
Soviet physicist.
Died July 4th, 1977 at 59 years old in Akademgorodok (myocardial infarction).
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Portuguese cardinal.
Born November 29th, 1888 in Lousado. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1977 at 88 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Aleksey Zhadov
Soviet general.
Born March 30th, 1901 in Nikolskoe.
Died November 10th, 1977 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Justinian Marina
Patriarch of romanian orthodox church (1901-1977).
Born February 2nd, 1901 in Suiești.
Died March 26th, 1977 at 76 years old in Bucharest.
Tor Bergeron
Swedish meteorologist (1891-1977).
Born August 15th, 1891 in Godstone.
Died June 13th, 1977 at 85 years old in Uppsala.
Gustave Reese
American musicologist.
Born November 29th, 1899 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1977 at 77 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Alexey Dushkin
Soviet architect.
Born January 6th, 1904 in Oleksandrivka.
Died October 1st, 1977 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Lūcija Garūta
Latvian composer.
Born May 14th, 1902 in Riga. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1977 at 74 years old in Riga. [ref]
Beniamino Segre
Italian mathematician (1903-1977).
Born February 16th, 1903 in Turin. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1977 at 74 years old in Frascati.
Waldemar Kraft
German politician (1898-1977).
Born February 19th, 1898 in Jaraczewo, Jarocin County.
Died July 12th, 1977 at 79 years old in Bonn.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 519
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot