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Gordon Matta-Clark
1943–1978
architect, painter, photographer
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Sam Garba
1948–1978
association football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Peter Meaden
1941–1978
opinion journalist, manager, talent agent
Official cause
drug overdose
Glenn Goins
1954–1978
guitarist, singer
Official cause
Hodgkin lymphoma
Willem van Otterloo
1907–1978
conductor, composer, cellist
Official cause
traffic collision
Mary Blair
1911–1978
illustrator, painter, concept artist
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Tommy McLaren
1949–1978
association football player
Official cause
carbon monoxide poisoning
Frances Stephens
1924–1978
golfer
Official cause
cancer
Charles T. Lanham
1902–1978
military personnel, major general
Official cause
cancer
Juke Boy Bonner
1932–1978
singer, songwriter, guitarist
Official cause
liver cirrhosis
Musa Mamut
1931–1978
social activist, tractor driver, locksmith
Official cause
self-immolation
Salim Rubaya Ali
1934–1978
politician
Official cause
gunshot wound
Barry Brown
1951–1978
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
gunshot wound
Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi
1941–1978
politician
Official cause
explosive device
Mstislav Keldysh
1911–1978
mathematician, engineer, university teacher
Official cause
heart failure
Jens Otto Krag
1914–1978
diplomat, economist, politician
Official cause
heart failure
Vladimir Ovchinnikov
1911–1978
painter
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Mark Robson
1913–1978
film director, film producer, film editor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Felicia Montealegre
1922–1978
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
lung cancer
David Kantilla
1938–1978
Australian rules football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Alexander Kipnis
1891–1978
musician, singer, opera singer
Official cause
disease
Bill Lear
1902–1978
military flight engineer, inventor, engineer
Official cause
leukemia
Henry W. Newson
1909–1978
physicist, university teacher
Official cause
cerebrovascular disease
Eric Treacy
1907–1978
photographer, Anglican priest
Official cause
myocardial infarction