In the year 1978
503 Notable deaths
Florica Bagdasar
Romanian physician.
Born January 24th, 1901 in Bitola.
Died December 19th, 1978 at 77 years old in Bucharest.
Joachim Büchner
Athletics competitor (1905-1978).
Born April 8th, 1905 in Altenburg.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 72 years old in Leverkusen.
Giacomo Violardo
Catholic cardinal (1898-1978).
Born May 10th, 1898 in Govone.
Died March 17th, 1978 at 79 years old in Rome.
Jenny Hasselquist
Swedish ballet dancer, actress, ballet teacher (1894-1978).
Born July 31st, 1894 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1978 at 83 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Anthony Conroy
American ice hockey player (1895-1978).
Born October 19th, 1895 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1978 at 82 years old in Saint Paul.
Arkadź Kuliašoŭ
Belarusian soviet poet and translator (1914-1978).
Born February 6th, 1914 in Samatevichy. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1978 at 63 years old in Niasviž.
André Lallemand
French astronomer (1904–1978).
Born September 29th, 1904 in Cirey-lès-Pontailler.
Died March 24th, 1978 at 73 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Toivo Hyytiäinen
Athletics competitor from finland (1925-1978).
Born November 12th, 1925 in Saarijärvi.
Died October 21st, 1978 at 52 years old in Saarijärvi.
Rudolf Svensson
Olympic wrestler.
Born March 27th, 1899.
Died December 4th, 1978 at 79 years old in Bromma parish.
Misao Tamai
Japanese association football player (1903-1978).
Born December 16th, 1903 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1978 at 75 years old in Kobe.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 503
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore