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In the year 1977

519 Notable deaths

Shirō Toyoda

Japanese film director.

Born January 3rd, 1906 in Kyoto.

Died November 13th, 1977 at 71 years old in Tokyo.

Philipp Etter

Member of the swiss federal council (1891-1977).

Born December 21st, 1891 in Menzingen.

Died December 23rd, 1977 at 86 years old in Bern. [ref]

Hans Erich Nossack

German writer.

Born January 30th, 1901 in Hamburg. [ref]

Died November 2nd, 1977 at 76 years old in Hamburg. [ref]

Arnold Bode

German artist (1900-1977).

Born December 23rd, 1900 in Kassel. [ref]

Died October 3rd, 1977 at 76 years old in Kassel. [ref]

Rudolf Vytlačil

Czech footballer (1912-1977).

Born February 9th, 1912 in Schwechat. [ref]

Died June 1st, 1977 at 65 years old in Schwechat.

Eugen Wüster

Industrialist and terminologist (1898–1977).

Born October 10th, 1898 in Wieselburg.

Died March 29th, 1977 at 78 years old in Vienna.

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer (1894–1977).

Born October 18th, 1894 in Budapest. [ref]

Died August 18th, 1977 at 82 years old in Budapest.

Andy Auld

American soccer player.

Born January 26th, 1900 in Stevenston.

Died December 6th, 1977 at 77 years old in Johnston.

Karl Ristikivi

Estonian writer (1912-1977).

Born October 16th, 1912 in Varbla.

Died July 19th, 1977 at 64 years old in Stockholm.

Hans Martin Sutermeister

Swiss physician writer (1907-1977).

Born September 29th, 1907 in Schlossrued.

Died May 4th, 1977 at 69 years old in Basel.

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