In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Howard Estabrook
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter (1884-1978).
Born July 11th, 1884 in Detroit. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1978 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer). [ref]
Alfred Müller-Armack
German economist and politician (1901-1978).
Born June 28th, 1901 in Essen.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Cologne.
Anders Nygren
Swedish bishop (1890–1978).
Born November 15th, 1890 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1978 at 87 years old in Lund. [ref]
Willem van Otterloo
Dutch conductor and composer (1907–1978).
Born December 27th, 1907 in Winterswijk.
Died July 27th, 1978 at 70 years old in Melbourne (traffic collision).
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American swimmer.
Born February 27th, 1902 in Waterford.
Died May 6th, 1978 at 76 years old in West Palm Beach.
Alexander Kipnis
Russian-american operatic bass (1891–1978).
Born February 13th, 1891 in Zhytomyr.
Died May 14th, 1978 at 87 years old in Westport (disease). [ref]
Hjalmar Mäe
Estonian politician (1901-1978).
Born October 24th, 1901 in Tuhala.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 76 years old in Graz (disease).
Aleksander Kamiński
Polish writer and scout leader (1903–1978).
Born January 28th, 1903 in Warsaw.
Died March 15th, 1978 at 75 years old in Warsaw.
Wallace MacDonald
Canadian actor and film producer.
Born May 5th, 1891 in Mulgrave. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1978 at 87 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 538
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot