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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 JACK OAKIE = AMERICAN = = Actor in many Musical Films of the 1940s = |
Born: LEWIS DELANEY OFFIELD 12 November 1903 Sedalia, Missouri, USA | Died: 23 January 1978 Los Angeles, California, USA |
74 | |
 TERRY KATH = AMERICAN = = Guitarist, Vocalist = = Founding member of = = Chicago {1967-1978} = |
Born: TERRY ALAN KATH 31 January 1946 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 23 January 1978 Woodland Hills, California, USA |
31 | From an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head |
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VIC AMES = AMERICAN = = Singer = = member of = = The Ames Brothers {1948-1963} = |
Born: 20 May 1925 Malden, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 23 January 1978 |
52 | Car Accident |
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GREG HERBERT = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist = = member of = = Blood, Sweat & Tears {1977-1978} = |
Born: GREGORY HERBERT 19 May 1947 | Died: 31 January 1978 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS |
30 | Heroin Overdose |
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JOE MARSALA = ITALIAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Clarinetist and Songwriter = |
Born: JOSEPH FRANCIS MARSALA 4 January 1907 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 4 March 1978 Santa Barbara, California, USA |
71 | Cancer |
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CLAUDE FRANÇOIS = FRENCH = = Pop Singer, Songwriter and Dancer = |
Born: CLAUDE ANTOINE MARIE FRANÇOIS 1 February 1939 Ismaïlia, EGYPT | Died: 11 March 1978 Paris, FRANCE |
39 | Electrocuted |
 MALVINA REYNOLDS = AMERICAN = = Folk/Blues Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: MALVINA MILDER 23 August 1900 San Francisco, California, USA | Died: 17 March 1978 |
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PEGGY WOOD = AMERICAN = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: MARY MARGARET WOOD 9 February 1892 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 18 March 1978 Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
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RAY NOBLE = ENGLISH = = Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Radio Comedian, and Actor = |
Born: RAYMOND STANLEY NOBLE 17 December 1903 Brighton, ENGLAND, UK | Died: 3 April 1978 London, ENGLAND |
74 | |
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SANDY DENNY = ENGLISH = = Singer & Songwriter = = Lead singer of = = FAIRPORT CONVENTION = |
Born: ALEXANDRA ELENE MacLEAN DENNY 6 January 1947 Merton Park, London, ENGLAND | Died: 21 April 1978 Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, London ENGLAND |
31 | Cerebral Haemorrhage after falling down stairs |
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ARAM KHACHATURIAN = SOVIET ARMENIAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: ARAM IL'YICH KHACHATURIAN 6 June [O.S. 24 May] 1903 Tiflis, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (present-day Tbilisi, GEORGIA) | Died: 1 May 1978 Moscow, SOVIET UNION |
74 | |
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JÁN MÓRY = SLOVAK = = Composer = |
Born: 10 July 1892 Banská Bystrica (Besztercebánya) SLOVAKIA | Died: 5 May 1978 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA |
85 | |
 TAMARA KARSAVINA = RUSSIAN = = Ballerina = |
Born: TAMARA PLATONOVNA KARSAVINA 10 March 1885 St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 26 May 1978 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK |
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MARIA GRINBERG = SOVIET = = Pianist = |
Born: 6 September 1908 Odessa, UKRAINE, then part of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 14 July 1978 Tallinn, ESTONIA |
69 | |
 GLEN GOINS = AMERICAN = = Guitarist and Singer = = member of = = Parliament Funkadelic {1975-1978} = |
Born: GLENN LAMONT GOINS 2 January 1954 Plainfield, New Jersey, USA | Died: 29 July 1978 |
24 | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
 JOE VENUTI = ITALIAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Violinist = |
Born: GIUSEPPE VENUTI 16 September 1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 14 August 1978 Seattle, Washington, USA |
74 | Cancer or Heart Attack |
 LOUIS PRIMA = ITALIAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: 7 December 1910 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 24 August 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
67 | Cerebral Hemorrhage |
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TOM WILSON = AMERICAN = = Record Producer = |
Born: THOMAS BLANCHARD WILSON Jr. 25 March 1931 Waco, Texas, USA | Died: 6 September 1978 Los Angeles, California, USA |
47 | Heart Attack |
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KEITH MOON = ENGLISH = = Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Actor = = Drummer with = = The Who {1964-1978} = |
Born: KEITH JOHN MOON 23 August 1946 Wembley, London, ENGLAND | Died: 7 September 1978 Westminster, London, ENGLAND |
32 | Overdose of prescribed Clomethiazole (Heminevrin) tablets. |
 RUTH ETTING = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: 23 November 1897 David City, Nebraska | Died: 24 September 1978 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
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JOHNNY O'KEEFE = AUSTRALIAN = = Singer = |
Born: JOHN MICHAEL O'KEEFE 19 January 1935 Bondi Junction, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA | Died: 6 October 1978 St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, AUSTRALIA |
43 | Heart Attack induced by prescribed drugs |
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JACQUES BREL = BELGIAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: JACQUES ROMAIN GEORGES BREL 8 April 1929 Schaerbeek, Brussels, BELGIUM | Died: 9 October 1978 Bobigny, FRANCE |
49 | Lung cancer related pulmonary embolism |
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NANCY SPUNGEN = AMERICAN = = Girlfriend of Sid Vicious = |
Born: NANCY LAURA SPUNGEN 27 February 1958 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Died: 12 October 1978 New York City, USA |
20 | Suffered a single fatal stab wound to the abdomen |
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MAYBELLE CARTER = AMERICAN = = Country Singer and Musician = = member of = = The Carter Family = |
Born: MAYBELLE ADDINGTON 10 May 1909 Nickelsville, Virginia, USA | Died: 23 October 1978 Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA |
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HOWARD SWANSON = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 1907 Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Died: 12 November 1978 New York City, USA |
71 | |
 LENNIE TRISTANO = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: LEONARD JOSEPH TRISTANO 19 March 1919 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 18 November 1978 New York City, New York, USA |
59 | Heart Attack |
 CHRIS BELL = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: CHRISTOPHER BRANFORD BELL 12 January 1951 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 27 December 1978 |
27 | Auto Accident |
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