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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
Carlo Scarpa
Italian architect.
Born June 2nd, 1906 in Venice. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1978 at 72 years old in Sendai (fall). [ref]
Selwyn Lloyd
Politician (1904-1978).
Born July 28th, 1904 in Liverpool.
Died May 18th, 1978 at 73 years old in Oxfordshire.
Fernando Peyroteo
Portuguese football player/manager (1918-1978).
Born March 10th, 1918 in Humpata.
Died November 28th, 1978 at 60 years old in Lisbon.
Lon L. Fuller
American philosopher of law (1902-1978).
Born June 15th, 1902 in Hereford.
Died April 8th, 1978 at 75 years old in Cambridge.
Prince Nicolae of Romania
Romanian royal.
Born August 5th, 1903 in Sinaia.
Died June 9th, 1978 at 74 years old in Madrid.
Frank Ferguson
American actor (1899-1978).
Born December 25th, 1899 in Ferndale.
Died September 12th, 1978 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Andrzej Bogucki
Actor (1904-1978).
Born November 11th, 1904 in Warsaw.
Died July 29th, 1978 at 73 years old in Warsaw.
Don Ellis
American jazz musician (1934-1978).
Born July 25th, 1934 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1978 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Barclay
Scottish author, presenter, church of scotland minister and professor of divinity and biblical criticism (1907-1978).
Born December 5th, 1907 in Wick.
Died January 24th, 1978 at 70 years old in Glasgow.
Ralph Metcalfe
American athlete and politician.
Born June 30th, 1910 in Atlanta. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1978 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 479
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