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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
Pablo Dorado
Uruguayan footballer (1908-1978).
Born June 22nd, 1908 in Montevideo.
Died November 18th, 1978 at 70 years old in Montevideo.
Alexander Kipnis
Operatic bass.
Born February 1st, 1891 in Zhytomyr. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1978 at 87 years old in Westport (disease).
Raymond Braine
Belgian footballer.
Born April 28th, 1907 in Antwerp.
Died December 24th, 1978 at 71 years old in Antwerp.
John Lyng
24th prime minister of norway.
Born August 22nd, 1905 in Trondheim.
Died January 18th, 1978 at 72 years old in Bærum.
Jean Nicolas
French footballer (1913-1978).
Born June 9th, 1913 in Nanterre. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1978 at 65 years old in Nalliers. [ref]
Alfred Müller-Armack
German economist and politician (1901-1978).
Born June 28th, 1901 in Essen.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Cologne.
Jorge Icaza Coronel
Ecuadorian writer (1906-1978).
Born June 10th, 2024 in Quito. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1978 at -47 years old in Loja Province (Viagra). [ref]
Howard Estabrook
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter (1884-1978).
Born July 11th, 1884 in Detroit. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1978 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer). [ref]
Pinchas Rosen
Israeli politician (1887-1978).
Born May 1st, 1887 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1978 at 91 years old in Tel Aviv.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 479
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde