In the year 1978
494 Notable deaths
Gertrude Mary Cox
American statistician (1900-1978).
Born January 13th, 1900 in Dayton.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 78 years old in Durham (leukemia).
Basil Dean
British actor and filmmaker.
Born September 27th, 1888 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1978 at 89 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Valerian Gracias
Catholic cardinal (1901–1978).
Born October 23rd, 1900 in Karachi.
Died September 11th, 1978 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
Richard Lindner
American-german painter, 1901-1978.
Born November 11th, 1901 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Randolph Bray
Animator (1879-1978).
Born August 25th, 1879 in Addison.
Died October 10th, 1978 at 99 years old in Bridgeport.
Josef Frings
Archbishop and cardinal from germany.
Born February 6th, 1887 in Neuss. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Ss officer.
Born May 6th, 1897 in Września.
Died March 11th, 1978 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Karl Lennart Oesch
Finnish general and war criminal (1892-1978).
Born August 8th, 1892 in Otradnoye. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 494
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer