List of Famous people who died at 77
Federico Zeri
Federico Zeri was an Italian art historian specialised in Italian Renaissance painting. He wrote for the Italian newspaper La Stampa, and was a well known television-personality in Italy.
Nan Hoover
Nan Hoover was a Dutch/American-expatriate artist who is known for her pioneering work in video art, photography and performance art. She spent almost four decades living and working in the Netherlands. She also used the mediums of drawing, painting, photography and film and created art objects and sculptures. One of the main themes of her art was light and motion. The rigorous, minimalist handling of her means as well as the intense concentration with which she performed within spaces of light and shadow are the most salient characteristics of her artistic work.
Nikos Georgiadis
Nicholas Georgiadis CBE was a Greek painter, stage and costume designer, best known for his work in ballet, particularly in collaboration with Kenneth MacMillan.
Vasco Pratolini
Vasco Pratolini was an Italian writer of the 20th century. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Otto Kentzler
Charlie Barnet
Charles Daly Barnet was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
Valentin Chernykh
Valentin Konstantinovich Chernykh was a Russian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 35 films between 1973 and 2011. He was the Head of the Jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.
Vincent Joseph Hines
Vincent Joseph Hines was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Norwich from 1960 to 1975.
Christian Schweigaard Stang
Christian Schweigaard Stang was a Norwegian linguist, Slavicist and Balticist, professor in Balto-Slavic languages at the University of Oslo from 1938 until shortly before his death. He specialized in the study of Lithuanian and was highly regarded in Lithuania.
Georg Marischka
Georg Marischka was an Austrian actor, screen writer, director and film producer for cinema and television.