Page 4: Famous Deaths Happened In 1978

Jul 29 Wesley la violette: Composer,  

Jul 31 Carleton percy hobbs: Actor (i claudius, dark places),  

Aug 02 Carlos chavez y ramires: Mexican composer,  

Aug 03 Ezzedin kalak: Palestinian plo representative in paris, murdered  

Aug 05 Queenie smith: Actress/dancer (funny side),  

Aug 06 Edward durrell stone: Us architect,  

Aug 07 Franz alphons wolpert: Composer,  

Aug 09 James g cozzens: Us writer (guard of honor, pulitzer),  

Aug 14 Nicolas bentley: British writer (b. 1907)  

Aug 15 Harrison kerr: Composer,  

Aug 16 Alidius wl tjarda van stachouwer: Gov-gen of neth in  

Aug 20 Ivan jirko: Composer,  

Aug 21 Charles eames: Us chair manufacturer,  

Aug 22 Ignazio silone: Italian author (fontamara, pane e vino),  

Aug 24 Louis prima: Singer,  

Aug 26 Charles boyer: Actor (gaslight, rogues),  

Aug 27 Robert shaw: Actor (dan-buccaneers),  

Aug 28 Bruce catton: Us historian/writer (civil war),  

Aug 31 John wrathall: President of rhodesia (b. 1913)  

Sep 01 Olga de haas: Dutch ballerina,  

Sep 06 Jan berger: Dutch politician,  

Sep 07 Keith moon: Rock drummer (who),  

Sep 08 Pancho vladigerov: Composer,  

Sep 09 Jack l warner: Us movie production (warner bros),  

Sep 10 Ronnie peterson: Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)  

Sep 11 Mike gazella: American baseball player (b. 1895)  

Sep 12 Frank ferguson: Actor (wagons west, dynamite, my gal sal),  

Sep 15 Willy messerschmitt: German aircraft builder,  

Sep 19 Rolf gunther: East german priest, self imolation  

Sep 22 Lina carstens: Actress (homeland, broken jug),  

Sep 23 Jay adler: Actor (macon county line, illegal, big combo),  

Sep 24 Ruth etting: Us dancer/singer (ziegfeld follies),  

Sep 25 Claire adams: Actress (legally dead, end of the road),  

Sep 26 Manne siegbahn: Swedish physicist, nobel laureate (b. 1886)  

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Mar 21 Charmaine dragun: Australian news anchor  

Mar 21 Kevin federline: American dancer/hip hop artist  

Mar 21 Cristian guzmán: Dominican baseball player  

Mar 28 Dino ciani: Italian pianist  

Apr 02 John gall: American baseball player  

Apr 19 Adrienne parker: Miss tennessee teen usa (1996)  

Apr 19 Whitney metzler: 400m medley swimmer (olympics-8th-96)  

Apr 19 Gabriel heinze: Argentinian footballer