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In the year 1978
529 Notable deaths
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]
Alexander Belov
Soviet basketball player (1951–1978).
Born November 9th, 1951 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 3rd, 1978 at 26 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart sarcoma).
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]
Semyon Krivoshein
Soviet general (1899-1978).
Born November 28th, 1899 in Voronezh.
Died September 16th, 1978 at 78 years old in Moscow.
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.
Hans Stuck
German racecar driver (1900–1978).
Born December 27th, 1900 in Warsaw.
Died February 9th, 1978 at 77 years old in Grainau.
José Manuel Moreno Fernández
Argentine footballer and manager (1916-1978).
Born August 3rd, 1916 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 26th, 1978 at 62 years old in Merlo.
Claude Eatherly
United states air force officer (1918-1978).
Born October 2nd, 1918 in Van Alstyne.
Died July 1st, 1978 at 59 years old in Houston.
Philibert Tsiranana
First president of madagascar (1959-1972).
Born October 18th, 1912 in Ambarikorano. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 65 years old in Antananarivo. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 529
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius