In the year 1978
503 Notable deaths
Roberto Larraz
Argentine fencer.
Born August 20th, 1898 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires.
Norbertine Bresslern-Roth
Austrian painter (1891-1978).
Born November 13th, 1891 in Graz.
Died November 30th, 1978 at 87 years old in Graz.
Gotfred Johansen
Boxer.
Born May 4th, 1895 in Copenhagen.
Died February 2nd, 1978 at 82 years old in Denmark.
Erik Charpentier
Gymnast (1897-1978).
Born August 17th, 1897 in Sölvesborg.
Died February 17th, 1978 at 80 years old in Lund.
Jan Heřmánek
Czechoslovak boxer.
Born May 28th, 1907 in Dolní Lhota.
Died May 13th, 1978 at 70 years old in Prague.
Birger Sörvik
Gymnast (1879–1978).
Born December 4th, 1879 in Gothenburg.
Died May 23rd, 1978 at 98 years old in Gothenburg.
Petro Panch
Ukrainian writer, former sotnik of the ukrainian people's army (1891-1978).
Died December 1st, 1978 at 87 years old in Kyiv.
Adil Isgandarov
Azerbaijani actor and film director (1912-1978).
Died September 18th, 1978 at 68 years old in Baku (heart failure).
Paul Yü Pin
Chinese cardinal (1901-1978).
Born April 13th, 1901 in Lanxi County. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1978 at 77 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel