In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Vasili Merkuryev
Soviet actor, theatre director.
Born April 6th, 1904 in Ostrov. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1978 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Zenta Mauriņa
Latvian writer (1897–1978).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Gulbene.
Died April 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Basel.
Rubén Morán
Uruguayan footballer (1930-1978).
Born August 6th, 1930 in Montevideo.
Died January 3rd, 1978 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Tadeusz Kasprzycki
Polish general (1891–1978).
Born January 16th, 1891 in Warsaw.
Died December 4th, 1978 at 87 years old in Montreal.
Joseph Delteil
French poet.
Born April 20th, 1894 in Villar-en-Val. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1978 at 83 years old in Grabels. [ref]
Shaul Avigur
Israeli politician (1899-1978).
Born October 22nd, 1899 in Daugavpils.
Died August 29th, 1978 at 78 years old in Kvutzat Kinneret.
Baltasar Albéniz
Spanish footballer (1905-1978).
Born January 6th, 1905 in Eibar.
Died November 29th, 1978 at 73 years old in Pamplona.
Musa Mamut
Crimean tatar who committed self-immolation.
Born February 20th, 1931 in Uzundzhy.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 47 years old in Simferopol (self-immolation).
Dox
Malagasy writer (1913-1978).
Born January 13th, 1913 in Manakavaly.
Died June 14th, 1978 at 65 years old in Antananarivo.
Liane Augustin
German-austrian singer.
Born September 18th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1978 at 49 years old in Vienna.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau