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In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Natan Rybak
Soviet writer (1913-1978).
Born January 3rd, 1913 in Ivanivka.
Died September 11th, 1978 at 65 years old in Kyiv (traffic collision).
Väinö Muinonen
Finnish distance runner (1898–1978).
Born December 30th, 1898 in Lappeenranta.
Died June 10th, 1978 at 79 years old in Imatra.
Sverre Nordby
Norwegian footballer (1910-1978).
Born March 13th, 1910 in Mjøndalen.
Died December 4th, 1978 at 68 years old in Mjøndalen.
Hermine Schröder
German athletics competitor.
Born February 12th, 1911 in Ludwigshafen.
Died August 9th, 1978 at 67 years old in Ludwigshafen.
Gotfred Johansen
Boxer.
Born May 4th, 1895 in Copenhagen.
Died February 2nd, 1978 at 82 years old in Denmark.
Petro Panch
Ukrainian writer, former sotnik of the ukrainian people's army (1891-1978).
Died December 1st, 1978 at 87 years old in Kyiv.
Jan Heřmánek
Czechoslovak boxer.
Born May 28th, 1907 in Dolní Lhota.
Died May 13th, 1978 at 70 years old in Prague.
Roberto Larraz
Argentine fencer.
Born August 20th, 1898 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires.
Erik Charpentier
Gymnast (1897-1978).
Born August 17th, 1897 in Sölvesborg.
Died February 17th, 1978 at 80 years old in Lund.
Deaths 511 to 520 of 538
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