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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
Kathryn McGuire
American actress (1903-1978).
Born December 6th, 1903 in Peoria. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1978 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Hanna Ralph
German actress.
Born September 25th, 1888 in Bad Kissingen.
Died March 25th, 1978 at 89 years old in Berlin.
Valentine Penrose
French writer and artist (1898–1978).
Born January 1st, 1898 in Mont-de-Marsan. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1978 at 80 years old in Chiddingly. [ref]
Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1902-1978).
Born September 28th, 1902 in Yefremov.
Died October 14th, 1978 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Werner Finck
German actor (1902-1978).
Born May 2nd, 1902 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1978 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Philip Khuri Hitti
Lebanese-american academic and authority on the middle east (1886-1978).
Born June 22nd, 1886 in Shemlan.
Died December 24th, 1978 at 92 years old in Princeton.
Kiyoshi Oka
Japanese mathematician who worked in the theory of several complex variables (1901-1978).
Born April 19th, 1901 in Osaka. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1978 at 76 years old in Nara. [ref]
Robin Reed
Olympic wrestler.
Born October 20th, 1899 in Pettigrew.
Died December 20th, 1978 at 79 years old in Salem.
Frederick G. Payne
American politician (1904–1978).
Born July 24th, 1904 in Lewiston.
Died June 15th, 1978 at 73 years old in Waldoboro.
George Reader
English footballer (1896-1978).
Born November 22nd, 1896 in Nuneaton.
Died July 13th, 1978 at 81 years old in Southampton.
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