In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
British chemist.
Born November 9th, 1897 in Cambridge.
Died June 7th, 1978 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Ford Beebe
American screenwriter, film director (1888–1978).
Born November 26th, 1888 in Grand Rapids.
Died November 26th, 1978 at 90 years old in Lake Elsinore.
Basil Dean
British actor and filmmaker.
Born September 27th, 1888 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1978 at 89 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Robert Daniel Murphy
American diplomat (1894–1978).
Born October 28th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died January 9th, 1978 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fyodor Kulakov
Politician (1918-1978).
Born February 4th, 1918 in Lgovskiy Uyezd.
Died July 17th, 1978 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Josef Frings
Archbishop and cardinal from germany.
Born February 6th, 1887 in Neuss.
Died December 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Cologne.
Victor Hasselblad
Swedish photographer and inventor (1906–1978).
Born March 8th, 1906 in Göteborgs Kristine församling. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1978 at 72 years old in Onsala. [ref]
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Gertrude Mary Cox
American statistician (1900-1978).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Dayton.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 72 years old in Durham (leukemia).
Deaths 251 to 260 of 538
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes