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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
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.
Ignazio Silone
Italian author and politician (1900-1978).
Born May 1st, 1900 in Pescina. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1978 at 78 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Eric Frank Russell
English science fiction writer.
Born January 6th, 1905 in Sandhurst. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1978 at 73 years old in Liverpool. [ref]
Armin T. Wegner
German photographer.
Born October 16th, 1886 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Rome. [ref]
Manne Siegbahn
Swedish physicist (1886-1978).
Born December 3rd, 1886 in Örebro Nikolai parish. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1978 at 91 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Asadollah Alam
Prime minister of iran (1919-1978).
Born April 1st, 1919 in Birjand.
Died April 13th, 1978 at 59 years old in New York City.
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet mathematician and physicist (1911-1978).
Born February 10th, 1911 in Riga. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1978 at 67 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Wilhelm Adam
German politician (1893-1978).
Born March 28th, 1893 in Eichen.
Died November 24th, 1978 at 85 years old in Dresden.
Jorge Cafrune
Argentine singer.
Born August 8th, 1937 in Ciudad Perico.
Died February 1st, 1978 at 40 years old in Benavídez.
Zivia Lubetkin
Polish jewish underground leader.
Born November 9th, 1914 in Bycień.
Died July 11th, 1978 at 63 years old in Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 479
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson