Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1978

Sep 28 John paul i: [albino luciano], pope (1978),  

Sep 29 John paul i: Pope for 34 days,  

Sep 30 Edgar bergen: Ventriloquist (charlie mccarthy),  

Oct 08 Jim gilliam: Coach (la dodgers),  

Oct 09 Jacques brel: Belgian chansonnier, buried on atuama,  

Oct 10 Gesina van de molen: Dutch lawyer,  

Oct 11 Nancy spungen: Killed by boyfriend six vicious in nyc  

Oct 16 Dan dailey: Dancer/actor (gov drinkwater-governor & jj),  

Oct 18 Frank woolley: Cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs),  

Oct 19 Gig young: American actor, kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64  

Oct 21 Anastas i mikojan: Russian politician,  

Oct 22 John riley: English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)  

Oct 23 Maybelle carter: Country singer (johnny cash show),  

Oct 26 George grant: Cricketer (wi test captain through early 1930's),  

Nov 05 Denis o'dea: Actor (capt horatio hornblower),  

Nov 06 Flora campbell: Actress (faraway hill, date with judy),  

Nov 07 Gene tunney: Former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28),  

Nov 08 Norman rockwell: Artist (saturday evening post covers),  

Nov 09 Joe wong: Actor (ken murray show),  

Nov 10 Linda scott: Actress (escape from hell island),  

Nov 12 Howard swanson: Composer,  

Nov 13 George hearne: S afr cricketer (open bat in 3 tests 1922-24),  

Nov 15 Margaret mead: Anthropologist (thoughts & female),  

Nov 16 Claude dauphin: French actor (les miserables, mado),  

Nov 17 Claude dauphin: Actor (paris precinct),  

Nov 18 Jim jones: Us pastor, leader of jonestown cult, commits suicide  

Nov 20 Vasilisk gnedov: Russian poet (b. 1890)  

Nov 25 Elaine esposito: American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)  

Nov 27 George moscone: (sf mayor), shot by dan white  

Nov 28 Andre morell: Actor (hound of the baskervilles),  

Nov 29 Alan richardson: Composer,  

Dec 03 William grant still: Composer,  

Dec 04 Samuel abraham goldsmith: Neth/us phycists,  

Dec 07 Alexander wetmore: American ornithologist (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