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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1978-1978
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Ralph Caraffi -- b.1/19/1901 d.1/1/1978 (76)
Sir Gilbert Roberts -- b.2/18/1899 d.1/1/1978 (78)
Joe McCarthy -- b.4/21/1887 d.1/3/1978 (90)
George (Baseball) Burns -- b.1/31/1893 d.1/7/1978 (84)
Ron Copper -- b.??/??/1911 d.1/7/1978
Walter Kiernan -- b.1/24/1902 d.1/8/1978 (75)
Charles Newman -- b.2/22/1901 d.1/9/1978 (76)
Zeb Turner -- b.6/23/1915 d.1/10/1978 (62)
John D. Rockefeller III -- b.3/21/1906 d.1/10/1978 (71)
Michael Bates -- b.12/4/1920 d.1/11/1978 (57)
Anthony Joseph "Tony" Conroy -- b.10/18/1895 N.S. d.1/11/1978 N.S. (82)
Hubert Horatio Humphrey -- b.5/27/1911 d.1/13/1978 (66)
Harold Abrahams -- b.12/15/1899 d.1/14/1978 (78)
Blossom Rock -- b.8/21/1895 d.1/14/1978 (82)
Kurt Godel -- b.4/28/1906 d.1/14/1978 (71)
Carl Betz -- b.3/9/1920 d.1/18/1978 (57)
Charlotte Greenwood -- b.6/25/1893 d.1/18/1978 (84)
Aubrey "Dit" Clapper -- b.2/9/1907 d.1/20/1978 (70)
Gilbert Highet -- b.6/22/1906 d.1/20/1978 (71)
Stow Wengenroth -- b.7/25/1906 d.1/22/1978 (71)
Jack Oakie -- b.11/12/1903 d.1/23/1978 (74)
Terry Kath -- b.1/31/1946 d.1/23/1978 (31)
Vic Ames -- b.5/20/1926 d.1/23/1978 (51)
Leo Genn -- b.8/9/1905 d.1/26/1978 (72)
Oscar Homolka -- b.8/12/1898 d.1/27/1978 (79)
Colonel Tim McCoy -- b.4/10/1891 N.S. d.1/29/1978 N.S. (86)
Gregory Herbert -- b.5/19/1947 d.1/31/1978 (30)
Wendy Barrie -- b.4/18/1912 d.2/2/1978 (65)
Dr. Bergen Evans -- b.9/19/1904 N.S. d.2/4/1978 N.S. (73)
Frances Wayne -- b.8/26/1924 d.2/6/1978 (53)
Turner Layton -- b.7/2/1894 d.2/6/1978 (83)
Warren King -- b.1/3/1916 d.2/9/1978 (62)
Harry Edmund Martinson -- b.5/6/1904 d.2/11/1978 (73)
James B. Conant -- b.3/26/1893 d.2/11/1978 (84)
Martha Eliot -- b.4/7/1891 d.2/14/1978 (86)
Ilka Chase -- b.4/8/1900 d.2/15/1978 (77)
Derrick De Marney -- b.9/21/1906 d.2/18/1978 (71)
Maggie McNamara -- b.6/18/1928 d.2/18/1978 (49)
Phyllis McGinley -- b.3/21/1905 d.2/22/1978 (72)
John McKeen -- b.6/4/1903 N.S. d.2/23/1978 N.S. (74)
Daniel James Jr. -- b.2/11/1920 d.2/25/1978 (58)
Frank Warner -- b.4/5/1903 N.S. d.2/27/1978 N.S. (74)
Philip Ahn -- b.3/29/1905 N.S. d.2/28/1978 N.S. (72)
Zara Cully -- b.1/26/1892 d.2/28/1978 (86)
Paul Mark Scott -- b.3/25/1920 d.3/1/1978 (57)
Mario Pei -- b.2/16/1901 d.3/2/1978 (77)
Joe Marsala -- b.1/4/1907 d.3/4/1978 (71)
Steve Bilko -- b.11/13/1928 d.3/7/1978 (49)
John Cazale -- b.8/12/1935 d.3/12/1978 (42)
Gene Moore -- b.8/26/1909 d.3/12/1978 (68)
Theresa Weld Blanchard -- b.8/21/1893 d.3/12/1978 (84)
John Pesek -- b.2/21/1894 d.3/12/1978 (84)
Torchard Evans -- b.9/20/1901 N.S. d.3/12/1978 N.S. (76)
Malvina Reynolds -- b.8/23/1900 d.3/17/1978 (77)
Peggy Wood -- b.2/9/1892 d.3/18/1978 (86)
Faith Baldwin -- b.10/1/1893 d.3/18/1978 (84)
Leigh Brackett -- b.12/7/1915 N.S. d.3/18/1978 N.S. (62)
Jacques Brugnon -- b.6/11/1895 d.3/20/1978 (82)
Karl Wallenda -- b.1/21/1905 d.3/22/1978 (73)
Bill Kenny -- b.6/12/1914 d.3/23/1978 (63)
Jack Hulbert -- b.4/24/1892 d.3/25/1978 (85)
Wilfred Pickles -- b.10/13/1904 d.3/27/1978 (73)
Harold "Money" Johnson -- b.2/23/1918 N.S. d.3/28/1978 N.S. (60)
Billy Cox -- b.8/29/1919 d.3/30/1978 (58)
Charles Herbert Best -- b.2/27/1889 d.3/31/1978 (89)
Ray Noble -- b.12/17/1903 d.4/3/1978 (74)
Carlo Tagliabue -- b.1/13/1898 d.4/5/1978 (80)
Reinoud Anders -- b.8/31/1912 d.4/6/1978 (65)
Nicolas Nabokov -- b.4/4/1903 Ju-1 or 4/17/1903 N.S. d.4/6/1978 N.S. (74)
Donald Gray -- b.3/3/1914 d.4/7/1978 (64)
Ford C. Frick -- b.12/19/1894 d.4/8/1978 (83)
Paul McGrath -- b.4/11/1904 d.4/13/1978 (74)
Joe Gordon -- b.2/18/1915 d.4/14/1978 (63)
Lucius D. Clay -- b.4/23/1897 d.4/16/1978 (80)
John Koch -- b.8/18/1909 d.4/19/1978 (68)
Jack Graney -- b.6/10/1886 N.S. d.4/20/1978 N.S. (91)
Sandy Denny -- b.1/6/1941 d.4/21/1978 (37)
Cleo F. Craig -- b.4/6/1895 N.S. d.4/21/1978 N.S. (83)
Thomas Turner -- b.4/16/1877 d.4/21/1978 (101)
Will Geer -- b.3/9/1902 d.4/22/1978 (76)
John Doeg -- b.12/7/1908 d.4/27/1978 (69)
Aram "Ilich" Khachaturian -- b.6/6/1903 N.S. or 5/24/1903 Ju-1 d.5/1/1978 N.S. (74)
Sylvia Warner -- b.12/6/1893 d.5/1/1978 (84)
Gustave Schirmer -- b.9/19/1893 d.5/1/1978 (84)
William Downs Jr. -- b.8/17/1914 d.5/3/1978 (63)
Ethelda Bleibtrey -- b.2/27/1902 N.S. d.5/6/1978 N.S. (76)
Charles D. "Chuck" Hyatt -- b.2/28/1908 d.5/8/1978 (70)
Aldo Moro -- b.9/23/1916 d.5/9/1978 (61)
Robert Coogan -- b.12/13/1924 d.5/12/1978 (53)
Alexander Kipnis -- b.2/1/1891 O.S. or 2/13/1891 N.S. d.5/14/1978 (87)
William Powell Lear -- b.6/26/1902 N.S. d.5/14/1978 N.S. (75)
William Steinberg -- b.8/1/1899 d.5/16/1978 (78)
Robert Gordon Menzies -- b.12/20/1894 d.5/16/1978 (83)
Teddy Hill -- b.12/7/1909 d.5/19/1978 (68)
Reg Owen -- b.2/3/1921 d.5/23/1978 (57)
Lillian "Lily" Parr -- b.4/26/1905 N.S. d.5/24/1978 N.S. (73)
Thomas Poulter -- b.3/3/1897 d.6/4/1978 (81)
Shad Collins -- b.6/27/1910 d.6/6/1978 (67)
Norris Goff -- b.5/30/1906 d.6/7/1978 (72)
Ronald Norrish -- b.11/9/1897 d.6/7/1978 (80)
Edward Krems -- b.2/2/1893 d.6/9/1978 (85)
Johnny Bond -- b.6/1/1915 d.6/12/1978 (63)
Ed Kirkeby -- b.10/10/1891 d.6/12/1978 (86)
"Matty" Matlock -- b.4/27/1907 d.6/14/1978 (71)
Cully Richards -- b.10/31/1908 d.6/17/1978 (69)
Mark Robson -- b.12/4/1913 d.6/20/1978 (64)
Kim Winona -- b.10/10/1930 d.6/23/1978 (47)
Bob Crane -- b.7/13/1928 d.6/29/1978 (49)
Juke Boy Bonner -- b.3/22/1932 d.6/29/1978 (46)
Bill Harrah -- b.9/2/1911 d.6/30/1978 (66)
James Daly -- b.10/23/1918 d.7/3/1978 (59)
Henry Trefflich -- b.1/9/1908 d.7/7/1978 (70)
Joe Davis -- b.4/15/1901 d.7/10/1978 (77)
Freddy "Posey" Jenkins -- b.10/10/1906 N.S. d.7/12/1978 N.S. (71)
Thayer David -- b.3/4/1927 d.7/17/1978 (51)
Henry Carpenter Longhurst -- b.3/18/1909 N.S. d.7/21/1978 N.S. (69)
Mary Lord -- b.11/14/1904 d.7/21/1978 (73)
Glenn Lamont Goins -- b.1/2/1954 d.7/29/1978 (24)
Gunther Rennert -- b.4/1/1911 d.7/31/1978 (67)
Carleton Percy Hobbs -- b.6/18/1898 d.7/31/1978 (80)
Enoch Light -- b.8/18/1907 N.S. d.7/31/1978 N.S. (70)
Totie Fields -- b.5/7/1930 d.8/2/1978 (48)
Elmer Bobst -- b.12/16/1884 d.8/2/1978 (93)
Carlos Chávez -- b.6/13/1899 d.8/2/1978 (79)
Frank Fontaine -- b.4/19/1920 d.8/4/1978 (58)
Queenie Smith -- b.9/8/1898 d.8/5/1978 (79)
Earl "Dutch" Clark -- b.10/11/1906 N.S. d.8/5/1978 N.S. (71)
Jesse Joseph Haines -- b.7/22/1893 d.8/5/1978 (85)
Pete Meaden -- b.11/11/1941 d.8/5/1978 (36)
Edward Durell Stone -- b.3/9/1902 d.8/6/1978 (76)
Pope Paul VI -- b.9/26/1897 d.8/6/1978 (80)
Eddie Calvert -- b.3/15/1922 d.8/7/1978 (56)
James Gould Cozzens -- b.8/19/1903 d.8/9/1978 (74)
Victor Sylvester -- b.2/25/1900 d.8/14/1978 (78)
Joe Venuti -- b.9/16/1903 d.8/14/1978 (74)
Irene Kral -- b.1/18/1932 d.8/15/1978 (46)
James Maloney -- b.6/27/1915 d.8/19/1978 (63)
Charles Eames -- b.6/17/1907 d.8/21/1978 (71)
Jomo Kenyatta -- b.10/20/1893 d.8/22/1978 (84)
Ignazio Silone -- b.5/1/1900 d.8/22/1978 (78)
Louis Prima -- b.12/7/1910 d.8/24/1978 (67)
Charles Boyer -- b.8/28/1899 d.8/26/1978 (78)
Robert Shaw -- b.8/9/1927 d.8/27/1978 (51)
Bruce Catton -- b.10/9/1899 d.8/28/1978 (78)
Lee Garmes -- b.5/27/1898 d.8/31/1978 (80)
Joe Negroni -- b.9/9/1940 d.9/5/1978 (37)
Al Benson -- b.6/30/1908 N.S. d.9/6/1978 N.S. (0)
Keith Moon -- b.8/23/1947 d.9/7/1978 (31)
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson -- b.5/5/1924 d.9/8/1978 (54)
Jack Leonard Warner -- b.8/2/1892 d.9/9/1978 (86)
Georgi Markov -- b.3/1/1929 d.9/11/1978 (49)
Frank Ferguson -- b.12/25/1899 d.9/12/1978 (78)
Wilhelm "Willy" Messerschmitt -- b.6/26/1898 N.S. d.9/15/1978 N.S. (80)
Bill Foster -- b.6/12/1904 d.9/16/1978 (74)
Jay Adler -- b.9/26/1896 d.9/23/1978 (81)
Lyman Bostock -- b.11/22/1950 d.9/23/1978 (27)
Ruth Etting -- b.11/23/1897 d.9/24/1978 (80)
Karl Siegbahn -- b.12/3/1886 d.9/26/1978 (91)
Neil Johnston -- b.2/4/1929 d.9/28/1978 (49)
Pope John Paul I -- b.10/17/1912 d.9/29/1978 (65)
Serge Obolensky -- b.11/3/1890 d.9/29/1978 (87)
Edgar Bergen -- b.2/16/1903 d.9/30/1978 (75)
Beryl Booker -- b.6/7/1922 d.9/30/1978 (56)
Johnny O'Keefe -- b.1/19/1935 d.10/6/1978 (43)
Karl Swenson -- b.7/23/1908 d.10/8/1978 (70)
Jim "Junior" Gilliam -- b.10/17/1928 N.S. d.10/8/1978 N.S. (49)
Jimmy Cross -- b.11/17/1938 N.S. d.10/8/1978 N.S. (39)
Claire Galligan -- b.9/24/1895 N.S. d.10/8/1978 N.S. (83)
Jacques Brel -- b.4/8/1929 d.10/9/1978 (49)
Ralph Metcalfe -- b.5/30/1910 d.10/10/1978 (68)
Ralph Marterie -- b.12/24/1914 d.10/10/1978 (63)
Nancy Spungen -- b.2/27/1958 N.S. d.10/11/1978 N.S. (20)
W. Eugene Smith -- b.12/20/1918 d.10/15/1978 (59)
Dan Dailey -- b.12/14/1915 d.10/16/1978 (62)
Willard F. Rockwell -- b.3/31/1888 d.10/16/1978 (90)
Gig Young -- b.11/4/1913 d.10/19/1978 (64)
Mel Street -- b.10/21/1933 d.10/21/1978 (45)
Anastas I. Mikoyan -- b.11/25/1895 d.10/21/1978 (82)
Dorothy Shay -- b.4/11/1921 d.10/22/1978 (57)
"Mother" Maybelle Carter -- b.5/10/1909 N.S. d.10/23/1978 N.S. (69)
Max Gordon -- b.6/28/1892 d.11/2/1978 (86)
Marian Winters -- b.4/19/1924 d.11/3/1978 (54)
Denis O'Dea -- b.4/26/1905 d.11/5/1978 (73)
Flora Campbell -- b.8/1/1911 d.11/6/1978 (67)
Lou Gilbert -- b.8/1/1909 d.11/6/1978 (69)
"Gene" Tunney -- b.5/25/1898 d.11/7/1978 (80)
Janet Flanner -- b.3/13/1892 d.11/7/1978 (86)
Norman Rockwell -- b.2/3/1894 d.11/8/1978 (84)
Joe Wong -- b.6/14/1903 d.11/9/1978 (75)
Theo Lingen -- b.6/10/1903 d.11/10/1978 (75)
Benny Borgmann -- b.11/21/1900 d.11/11/1978 (77)
Richard Chapman -- b.3/23/1911 d.11/15/1978 (67)
Margaret Mead -- b.12/16/1901 d.11/15/1978 (76)
Claude Dauphin -- b.8/19/1903 N.S. d.11/16/1978 N.S. (75)
Jimmy Nottingham -- b.12/15/1925 d.11/16/1978 (52)
Lee Jouglard -- b.11/12/1921 d.11/18/1978 (57)
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones -- b.5/13/1931 N.S. d.11/18/1978 N.S. (47)
Lennie Tristano -- b.3/19/1919 d.11/18/1978 (59)
Giorgio de Chirico -- b.7/10/1888 d.11/19/1978 (90)
Vasco Morgado -- b.5/19/1924 d.11/22/1978 (54)
Frank Rosolino -- b.8/20/1926 d.11/26/1978 (52)
Susan Shaw -- b.8/29/1920 d.11/27/1978 (58)
Harvey Milk -- b.5/22/1930 d.11/27/1978 (48)
André Morell -- b.8/20/1909 N.S. d.11/28/1978 N.S. (69)
William Grant Still -- b.5/11/1895 d.12/3/1978 (83)
Golda Meir -- b.5/3/1898 N.S. d.12/8/1978 N.S. (80)
Dick Siebert -- b.2/19/1912 d.12/9/1978 (66)
Ed Healey -- b.12/28/1894 d.12/9/1978 (83)
Edward D. "Ed" Wood Jr. -- b.10/10/1924 N.S. d.12/10/1978 N.S. (54)
Vincent Du Vigneaud -- b.5/18/1901 d.12/11/1978 (77)
Fay Compton -- b.9/18/1894 d.12/12/1978 (84)
Chill Wills -- b.7/18/1903 d.12/15/1978 (75)
J. Fred Buzhardt -- b.2/21/1924 d.12/16/1978 (54)
Don (Jazz Musician) Ellis -- b.7/25/1934 N.S. d.12/17/1978 N.S. (44)
Les Kummel -- b.2/23/1945 d.12/18/1978 (33)
Willard Mullin -- b.9/14/1902 d.12/21/1978 (76)
Louis De Rochemont -- b.1/13/1899 d.12/23/1978 (79)
George Hartley McQuinn -- b.5/29/1910 d.12/24/1978 (68)
Bob Luman -- b.4/15/1937 d.12/27/1978 (41)
Chris Bell -- b.1/12/1951 d.12/27/1978 (27)
Harry Winston -- b.3/1/1896 d.12/28/1978 (82)
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