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In the year 1978
529 Notable deaths
Johan Daisne
Flemish author.
Born September 2nd, 1912 in Ghent. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1978 at 65 years old in Ghent. [ref]
Stanisław Dygat
Polish writer (1914–1978).
Born December 5th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died January 29th, 1978 at 63 years old in Warsaw.
Maurice Tillieux
Comic artist, writer.
Born August 7th, 1921 in Huy. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1978 at 56 years old in Tours (traffic collision). [ref]
Jan Parandowski
Polish writer.
Born May 11th, 1895 in Lviv. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1978 at 83 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Yuan Muzhi
Chinese film director (1909-1978).
Born March 3rd, 1909 in Ningbo.
Died January 30th, 1978 at 68 years old in Beijing.
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Serbian footballer (1921-1978).
Born April 13th, 1921 in Valjevo.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 57 years old in Belgrade.
László Nagy
Hungarian poet, translator (1925-1978).
Born July 17th, 1925 in Iszkáz. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1978 at 52 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vasili Merkuryev
Soviet actor, theatre director.
Born April 6th, 1904 in Ostrov. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1978 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Zenta Mauriņa
Latvian writer (1897–1978).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Gulbene.
Died April 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Basel.
Rubén Morán
Uruguayan footballer (1930-1978).
Born August 6th, 1930 in Montevideo.
Died January 3rd, 1978 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 529
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