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In the year 1978
538 Notable deaths
Väinö Kajander
Olympic wrestler (1893-1978).
Born November 30th, 1893 in Elimäki.
Died September 16th, 1978 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
Birger Sörvik
Gymnast (1879–1978).
Born December 4th, 1879 in Gothenburg.
Died May 23rd, 1978 at 98 years old in Gothenburg.
K. D. Singh
Field hockey player (1922–1978).
Born February 2nd, 1922 in Barabanki district. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1978 at 56 years old in Lucknow. [ref]
Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1902-1978).
Born September 28th, 1902 in Yefremov.
Died October 14th, 1978 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Ivan Kavaleridze
Ukrainian soviet sculptor, actor and film director (1887-1978).
Born April 13th, 1887 in Novopetrivka.
Died December 3rd, 1978 at 91 years old in Kyiv.
Hugo Helsten
Danish gymnast (1894–1978).
Born September 15th, 1894 in Frederikshavn.
Died May 25th, 1978 at 83 years old in Esbjerg.
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp
Dutch equestrian (1892-1978).
Born September 1st, 1892 in North Sumatra.
Died March 8th, 1978 at 85 years old in Monaco.
Søren Alfred Jensen
Gymnast (1891-1978).
Born May 22nd, 1891 in Denmark.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 86 years old in Denver.
Michela Schiff Giorgini
Italian actress and egyptologist (1925–1978).
Born October 30th, 1925 in Padua.
Died July 3rd, 1978 at 52 years old in Benissa (meningitis).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe