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Ramón Mercader
1913–1978
spy, politician, assassin
Official cause
lung cancer
Ray Simpson
1926–1978
military personnel
Official cause
cancer
Gertrude Mary Cox
1906–1978
mathematician, statistician, university teacher
Official cause
leukemia
Jean Améry
1912–1978
writer, philosopher, resistance fighter
Official cause
drug overdose
Bruno Bušić
1939–1978
journalist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Dan Dailey
1915–1978
stage actor, film actor, television actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Peter Vogel
1937–1978
film actor
Official cause
intoxication
A. J. Bakunas
1950–1978
actor, teacher, stunt performer
Official cause
falling from height
Jagdish Joshi
1932–1978
poet, translator, writer
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Sigismund Payne Best
1885–1978
spy, intelligence officer, economist
Official cause
disease
Jesús Glaría
1942–1978
association football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Bobby Finch
1948–1978
association football player
Official cause
meningitis
Adil Isgandarov
1910–1978
actor, film director, theatre director
Official cause
heart failure
Ann Shoemaker
1891–1978
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
cancer
Sylwester Kaliski
1925–1978
engineer, physicist
Official cause
traffic collision
Lavrentis Dianellos
1911–1978
film actor, stage actor
Official cause
cancer
Luigi Vannucchi
1930–1978
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
barbituric acid
Emma Roldán
1893–1978
television actor, film actor, costume designer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Percy Hayles
1940–1978
boxer
Official cause
traffic collision
Robert Shaw
1927–1978
actor, writer, novelist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Mulford B. Foster
1888–1978
explorer, horticulturist, photographer
Official cause
stroke
F. Van Wyck Mason
1901–1978
historian, children's writer, novelist
Official cause
drowning
Kofi Abrefa Busia
1913–1978
politician, university teacher, head of government
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Stanisław Baranowski
1935–1978
glaciologist, climatologist, university teacher
Official cause
poison