In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Philip Neame
Victoria cross recipient (1888–1978).
Born December 12th, 1888 in Faversham.
Died April 28th, 1978 at 89 years old in Selling.
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Dutch diplomat (1888-1978).
Born March 7th, 1888 in Groningen.
Died August 16th, 1978 at 90 years old in Wassenaar.
Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi
President of north yemen (1941-1978).
Born August 21st, 1941 in Yemen.
Died June 24th, 1978 at 36 years old in Sanaa (explosive device).
Lee Metcalf
American politician (1911-1978).
Born January 28th, 1911 in Stevensville.
Died January 12th, 1978 at 66 years old in Helena.
Kiyoshi Oka
Japanese mathematician who worked in the theory of several complex variables (1901-1978).
Born April 19th, 1901 in Osaka. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1978 at 76 years old in Nara. [ref]
Roy Harrod
English economist (1900–1978).
Born February 13th, 1900 in London.
Died March 8th, 1978 at 78 years old in Holt.
Cyrille Adoula
Congolese prime minister, ambassador (1921-1978).
Born September 13th, 1921 in Kinshasa.
Died May 24th, 1978 at 56 years old in Lausanne.
Ann Shoemaker
American actress (1891-1978).
Born January 10th, 1891 in Brooklyn.
Died September 18th, 1978 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Joseph Montoya
American politician (1915-1978).
Born September 24th, 1915 in Peña Blanca.
Died June 5th, 1978 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
George Scratchley Brown
Us air force general (1918-1978).
Born August 17th, 1918 in Montclair.
Died December 5th, 1978 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (prostate cancer).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 538
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson