In the year 1978

491 Notable deaths

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.

Died October 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Rome.

Joe Venuti

American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist (1903–1978).

Born September 16th, 1903 in Philadelphia, Lecco.

Died August 14th, 1978 at 74 years old in Seattle.

Alexander Belov

Αλεξάντερ μπελόφ σοβιετικός καλαθοσφαιριστής.

Born November 9th, 1951 in Saint Petersburg.

Died October 3rd, 1978 at 26 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart sarcoma).

Neil Johnston

American hall of fame basketball player.

Born February 4th, 1929 in Chillicothe.

Died September 28th, 1978 at 49 years old in Bedford (myocardial infarction).

Mark Robson

Film director, producer, and editor from canada (1913-1978).

Born December 4th, 1913 in Montreal. [ref]

Died June 20th, 1978 at 64 years old in London (myocardial infarction).

Kathleen Kenyon

British archaeologist (1906-1978).

Born January 5th, 1906 in London.

Died August 24th, 1978 at 72 years old in Wrexham. [ref]

Semyon Krivoshein

Soviet general (1899-1978).

Born November 28th, 1899 in Voronezh.

Died September 16th, 1978 at 78 years old in Moscow.

Paul Scott

British writer.

Born March 25th, 1920 in Southgate. [ref]

Died March 1st, 1978 at 57 years old in London (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Claude Dauphin

French actor (1903-1978).

Born August 19th, 1903 in Corbeil-Essonnes. [ref]

Died November 16th, 1978 at 75 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]

Deaths 161 to 170 of 491

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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë