List of Famous people who died in 1978

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Otto Ziebill

First Name Otto

Last Name Ziebill

Born on November 7, 1896

Died on December 27, 1978 (aged 82)

Born in Germany

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Otto Hug

First Name Otto

Last Name Hug

Born on July 26, 1913

Died on March 22, 1978 (aged 64)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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Orville O. Dull

First Name Orville

Born on April 25, 1888

Died on December 29, 1978 (aged 90)

Born in United States of America, Ohio

Orville O. Dull was an American producer, director, production manager and assistant director. He was best known for his films produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dull was nominated during the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category. He won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in the 1948 Oscars for the film The Secret Land. He worked on over 40 films from 1925 to 1951.

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Tom Wilson

First Name Tom

Last Name Wilson

Born on March 25, 1931

Died on September 6, 1978 (aged 47)

Born in United States of America, Texas

Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. was an American record producer best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, the Mothers of Invention, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Nico, Eric Burdon and the Animals, the Blues Project, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and others.

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Simone Pierrot-Deseilligny

First Name Simone

Last Name Pierrot-Deseilligny

Born on November 30, 1891

Died on November 30, 1978 (aged 87)

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Robert Daniel Murphy

First Name Robert

Last Name Murphy

Born on October 28, 1894

Died on January 9, 1978 (aged 83)

Born in United States of America, Wisconsin

Robert Daniel Murphy was an American diplomat.

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Claire Schlichting

First Name Claire

Last Name Schlichting

Born on May 18, 1905

Died on April 22, 1978 (aged 72)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal

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Josef Schmidt

First Name Josef

Last Name Schmidt

Born on August 25, 1889

Died on April 4, 1978 (aged 88)

Born in Austria, Vorarlberg

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Mark Naimark

First Name Mark

Last Name Naimark

Born on December 5, 1909

Died on December 30, 1978 (aged 69)

Mark Aronovich Naimark was a Soviet mathematician who made important contributions to functional analysis and mathematical physics.

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Shingo Modegi

First Name Shingo

Born on March 28, 1911

Died on June 1, 1978 (aged 67)

Born in Japan

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