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In the year 1978
503 Notable deaths
Juan Evaristo
Argentine footballer (1902-1978).
Born June 20th, 1902 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 8th, 1978 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ángel Bossio
Argentine association football player (1905-1978).
Born May 5th, 1905 in Avellaneda.
Died August 31st, 1978 at 73 years old in Buenos Aires.
Yury Dombrovsky
Soviet writer (1909-1978).
Born May 12th, 1909 in Moscow.
Died May 29th, 1978 at 69 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Shaul Avigur
Israeli politician (1899-1978).
Born October 22nd, 1899 in Daugavpils.
Died August 29th, 1978 at 78 years old in Kvutzat Kinneret.
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Serbian footballer (1921-1978).
Born April 13th, 1921 in Valjevo.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 57 years old in Belgrade.
Zenta Mauriņa
Latvian writer (1897–1978).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Gulbene.
Died April 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Basel.
Yuan Muzhi
Chinese film director (1909-1978).
Born March 3rd, 1909 in Ningbo.
Died January 30th, 1978 at 68 years old in Beijing.
Rubén Morán
Uruguayan footballer (1930-1978).
Born August 6th, 1930 in Montevideo.
Died January 3rd, 1978 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Jan Parandowski
Polish writer.
Born May 11th, 1895 in Lviv. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1978 at 83 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Jean Guéhenno
French writer (1890-1978).
Born March 25th, 1890 in Fougères. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1978 at 88 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 503
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