In the year 1978
491 Notable deaths
Lucius D. Clay
United states general (1897-1978).
Born April 23rd, 1897 in Marietta. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 80 years old in Chatham. [ref]
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]
Alma Thomas
American painter and art educator (1891-1978).
Born September 22nd, 1891 in Columbus.
Died February 24th, 1978 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 91 to 100 of 491
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner