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Gilbert Dussier
1949–1979
association football player
Official cause
leukemia
Olga Deterding
1926–1978
socialite
Official cause
choking
Chris Bell
1951–1978
singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist
Official cause
traffic collision
Hawwari Bumadian
1932–1978
politician, military personnel
Official cause
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Bob Luman
1937–1978
musician, singer, songwriter
Official cause
pneumonia
Louis de Rochemont
1899–1978
businessperson, film director, film producer
Official cause
disease
Frank Downing
1907–1978
politician
Official cause
disease
Shuji Sano
1912–1978
actor
Official cause
heart failure
Duncan Lamont
1918–1978
actor, film actor, television actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Don Ellis
1934–1978
composer, bandleader, conductor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Boris Kazakov
1940–1978
association football player, association football coach, painter
Official cause
drowning
Kate Harrington
1902–1978
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
stroke
Jacques Bergier
1912–1978
journalist, chemical engineer, ufologist
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Robert Alan Aurthur
1922–1978
screenwriter, film director, film producer
Official cause
lung cancer
Dobroslava Menclová
1904–1978
writer, architect, art historian
Official cause
traffic collision
Jim Jones
1931–1978
murderer, pastor, cult leader
Official cause
gunshot wound
Carolyn Moore Layton
1945–1978
Official cause
suicide by poisoning with drugs
Odette Myrtil
1898–1978
actor, violinist, costume designer
Official cause
stroke
Claude Dauphin
1903–1978
film actor
Official cause
gastrointestinal system disease
Ib Solvang Hansen
1934–1978
professional wrestler
Official cause
traffic collision
Renzo Ricci
1899–1978
stage actor, theatre director, theatre manager
Official cause
lung cancer
Salka Viertel
1889–1978
actor, screenwriter, film actor
Official cause
disease
Gunnar Nilsson
1948–1978
engineer, racing automobile driver, Formula One driver
Official cause
testicular cancer
Gig Young
1913–1978
actor, screenwriter, stage actor
Official cause
gunshot wound