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In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player (1916–1978).
Born February 17th, 1916 in Mudgee.
Died April 9th, 1978 at 62 years old in Burradoo (disease).
Theresa Weld
American figure skater.
Born August 21st, 1893 in Brookline.
Died March 12th, 1978 at 84 years old in Boston, Brookline.
Jorge Carrera Andrade
Ecuadorian poet/historian/author/diplomat (1903–1978).
Born September 18th, 1903 in Quito. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1978 at 75 years old in Lima.
Masao Koga
Japanese musician (1904–1978).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Okawa.
Died July 25th, 1978 at 73 years old
Bruno Touschek
Austrian physicist (1921–1978).
Born February 3rd, 1921 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1978 at 57 years old in Innsbruck. [ref]
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Polish linguist.
Born August 26th, 1895 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1978 at 82 years old in Kraków.
Ieva Simonaitytė
Lithuanian writer (1897-1978).
Born January 23rd, 1897 in Vanagai.
Died August 27th, 1978 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Edward Harrison Taylor
American herpetologist (1889-1978).
Born April 23rd, 1889 in Maysville.
Died June 16th, 1978 at 89 years old in Lawrence.
Tibor Serly
Hungarian musician (1901-1978).
Born November 25th, 1901 in Lučenec.
Died October 8th, 1978 at 76 years old in London.
Isidro Ayora
President of ecuador.
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Loja.
Died March 22nd, 1978 at 98 years old in Los Angeles.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel