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In the year 1977
544 Notable deaths
Giuseppe Dessì
Italian writer.
Born August 7th, 1909 in Cagliari. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1977 at 67 years old in Rome. [ref]
Herman Johannes Lam
Botanist (1892-1977).
Born January 3rd, 1892 in Veendam.
Died February 15th, 1977 at 85 years old in Leiden.
Sid Atkinson
South african athlete.
Born March 14th, 1901 in Durban.
Died August 31st, 1977 at 76 years old in Durban.
Anzor Kiknadze
Judoka (1934-1977).
Born March 26th, 1934 in Kakheti. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1977 at 43 years old in Tbilisi (traffic collision).
Harold Cagle
American sprinter (1913-1977).
Born August 3rd, 1913 in Oklahoma.
Died November 28th, 1977 at 64 years old in California.
David Zogg
Swiss alpine skier (1902-1977).
Born December 18th, 1902 in Azmoos.
Died July 26th, 1977 at 74 years old in Arosa.
Bob Skelton
American swimmer.
Born June 25th, 1903 in Wilmette.
Died June 25th, 1977 at 74 years old in Houston.
Uno Åhrén
Swedish architect.
Born August 6th, 1897 in Stockholm.
Died October 8th, 1977 at 80 years old in Arvika.
Therese Benedek
American hungarian-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1892-1977).
Born November 8th, 1892 in Budapest, Eger.
Died October 27th, 1977 at 84 years old in Chicago.
Ralph Hills
American shot putter (1902-1977).
Born January 19th, 1902 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 20th, 1977 at 75 years old in Baltimore.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 544
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner