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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
Theodor Tolsdorff
German world war ii general (1909-1978).
Born November 3rd, 1909 in Lenarty.
Died May 25th, 1978 at 68 years old in Dortmund.
Queenie Smith
American actress (1898-1978).
Born September 8th, 1898 in New York City.
Died August 5th, 1978 at 79 years old in Burbank (cancer).
Ray Noble
English jazz and big band musician.
Born December 17th, 1903 in Brighton.
Died April 3rd, 1978 at 74 years old in London.
Larry Young
American jazz musician (1940-1978).
Born October 7th, 1940 in Newark. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1978 at 37 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Giuseppe Impastato
Italian political activist murdered by the mafia (1948-1978).
Born January 5th, 1948 in Cinisi.
Died May 9th, 1978 at 30 years old in Cinisi. [ref]
Geoffrey Unsworth
British cinematographer (1914-1978).
Born May 26th, 1914 in Atherton. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1978 at 64 years old in Brittany (myocardial infarction).
Oliver Leese
British army general (1894-1978).
Born October 27th, 1894 in London.
Died January 22nd, 1978 at 83 years old in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (myocardial infarction).
Salvador de Madariaga
Spanish diplomat, writer and historian (1886-1978).
Born July 23rd, 1886 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1978 at 92 years old in Locarno. [ref]
Samuel Goudsmit
Dutch physicist.
Born July 11th, 1902 in The Hague.
Died December 4th, 1978 at 76 years old in Reno.
Giovanni Gronchi
3rd president of italy (1887-1978).
Born September 10th, 1887 in Pontedera. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Rome. [ref]
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler