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In the year 1978
480 Notable deaths
Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player.
Born February 17th, 1916 in Mudgee.
Died April 9th, 1978 at 62 years old in Burradoo (disease).
Youssef El Sebai
Egyptian journalist.
Born June 10th, 1917 in Cairo.
Died February 18th, 1978 at 60 years old in Nicosia.
Mordechai Maklef
Israeli general.
Born January 19th, 1920 in Motza. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (disease).
Jorge Carrera Andrade
Ecuadorian poet/historian/author/diplomat.
Born September 18th, 1903 in Quito.
Died November 7th, 1978 at 75 years old in Quito. [ref]
Aleksander Kamiński
Polish writer and scout leader.
Born January 28th, 1903 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1978 at 75 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Hjalmar Mäe
Estonian politician (1901-1978).
Born October 24th, 1901 in Kose Rural Municipality.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 76 years old in Graz (disease).
Tibor Serly
Hungarian musician (1901-1978).
Born November 25th, 1901 in Lučenec. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1978 at 76 years old in London. [ref]
Wallace MacDonald
Canadian actor and film producer.
Born May 5th, 1891 in Mulgrave. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1978 at 87 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Semyon Davidovich Kirlian
Russian inventor.
Born February 20th, 1898 in Krasnodar.
Died April 4th, 1978 at 80 years old in Krasnodar.
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Polish linguist.
Born August 26th, 1895 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1978 at 82 years old in Kraków.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner