Celebrity Deaths in 1978
122 notable figures died in 1978. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Julie Suedo
1901 – 1978 · Actresses -
Damia
1889 – 1978 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Douglas Hare
1948 – 1978 · Actors Jan 1 -
John Laing
1879 – 1978 Jan 1 -
Wyatt Emory Cooper
1927 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Jan 5 -
Noble Johnson
1881 – 1978 · Actors Jan 9 -
Michael Bates
1920 – 1978 · Actors Jan 11 -
Robert Harbin
1908 – 1978 · Magicians Jan 12 -
Herbert Humphrey
1911 – 1978 · Politicians Jan 13 -
Hubert Humphrey
1911 – 1978 · Politicians Jan 13 -
Blossom Rock
1895 – 1978 · Actresses Jan 14 -
Harold Abrahams
1899 – 1978 · Athletes, Authors and Writers, Sports Figures Jan 14 -
Carl Betz
1921 – 1978 · Actors Jan 18 -
Jack Oakie
1903 – 1978 · Actors Jan 23 -
Herta Oberheuser
1911 – 1978 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 24 -
Leo Genn
1905 – 1978 · Actors Jan 26 -
Oskar Homolka
1898 – 1978 · Actors Jan 27 -
Angela Greene
1921 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Claude Binyon
1905 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Ilka Chase
1905 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 2 -
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James Frank “Pete” Rogers
1922 – 1978 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2 -
Kathleen Lockhart
1894 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Maggie McNamara
1928 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Michael Bartlett
1901 – 1978 · Actors Feb 2 -
Wendy Barrie
1912 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Daphne Pollard
1892 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 22 -
Philip Ahn
1905 – 1978 · Actors Feb 28 -
Zara Cully
1892 – 1978 · Actresses Feb 28 -
Faith Baldwin
1893 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Ferrell J “Andy” Anderson
1918 – 1978 · Sports Figures Mar 3 -
John Cazale
1935 – 1978 · Actors Mar 3 -
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Mabel L. Criss
1881 – 1978 Mar 3 -
Rev John Burnaby
1891 – 1978 Mar 3 -
Kathryn Givney
1896 – 1978 · Actresses Mar 16 -
Eddie Aikau
1946 – 1978 · Athletes, Sports Figures Mar 17 -
Peggy Wood
1892 – 1978 · Actresses Mar 18 -
Leslie Fenton
1902 – 1978 · Actors Mar 25 -
Wilfred Pickles
1904 – 1978 · Actors Mar 26 -
Astrid Allwyn
1905 – 1978 · Actresses, Celebrities Mar 31 -
Charles Herbert Best
1899 – 1978 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Mar 31 -
Lynne Roberts
1922 – 1978 · Actresses Apr 1 -
Ann Morrison
1916 – 1978 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Denis Drouin
1916 – 1978 · Actors Apr 4 -
Will Geer
1902 – 1978 · Actors Apr 4 -
Aram Khachaturian
1903 – 1978 · Celebrities, Politicians May 1 -
Davie Kerr
1909 – 1978 · Native Americans May 5 -
Dorothy Coburn
1904 – 1978 · Actresses May 5 -
Lina Yegros
1913 – 1978 · Actresses May 5 -
Aldo Moro
1916 – 1978 · Politicians May 9 -
Joseph Colombo
1924 – 1978 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Gangster May 22 -
Barry Atwater
1918 – 1978 · Actors May 24 -
Arthur Brough
1905 – 1978 · Actors May 28 -
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
1895 – 1978 · Athletes, Soccer Jun 2 -
Algur Hurtle Meadows
1899 – 1978 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
William Fisk Harrah
1911 – 1978 Jun 6 -
Barry Brown
1951 – 1978 · Actors Jun 25 -
Josette Day
1914 – 1978 · Actresses Jun 27 -
Bob Crane
1928 – 1978 · Actors Jun 29 -
Babe Paley
1915 – 1978 · Socialite Jul 6 -
Antoinette Giroux
1903 – 1978 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Benson Ford, Sr
1919 – 1978 Jul 7 -
John D. Rockefeller, III
1906 – 1978 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Thayer David
1927 – 1978 · Actors Jul 17 -
Bill Baird
1914 – 1978 · Magicians Aug 5 -
Queenie Smith
1898 – 1978 · Actresses Aug 5 -
Bruce Catton
1899 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
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Charles Ormand Eames
1907 – 1978 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Mina Cunard
1894 – 1978 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya
1906 – 1978 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Jean Acker
1893 – 1978 · Actresses Aug 16 -
Jomo Kenyatta
1893 – 1978 · Politicians Aug 22 -
Pat Paterson
1910 – 1978 · Actresses Aug 24 -
Charles Boyer
1899 – 1978 · Actors Aug 28 -
Robert Shaw
1927 – 1978 · Actors Aug 28 -
Lee Garmes
1898 – 1978 · Producer Aug 31 -
Adolf Dassler
1900 – 1978 · Business Magnates Sep 6 -
Keith Moon
1946 – 1978 · Actors, Celebrities, Singer Sep 7 -
Ann Shoemaker
1891 – 1978 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Charles Francis Blair, Jr
1909 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
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Fred G. Meyer
1886 – 1978 · Business Magnates Sep 9 -
Jay Adler
1896 – 1978 · Actors Sep 9 -
Myrtle Damerel
1888 – 1978 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Otto Eduard Hasse
1903 – 1978 · Actors Sep 9 -
Ronnie Peterson
1944 – 1978 · Race Car Driver Sep 11 -
Lyman Bostock
1950 – 1978 · Athletes, Baseball Sep 23 -
Ruth Etting
1897 – 1978 · Actresses, Singer Sep 24 -
Edgar Bergen
1903 – 1978 · Actors, Comedian, Radio Performers Sep 30 -
Jacques Brel
1929 – 1978 · Celebrities, Film Director, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Oct 9 -
Jean Hans Mayer Amery
1912 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Kathryn Loder
1940 – 1978 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Kathryn McGuire
1903 – 1978 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Octavia Handworth
1887 – 1978 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Giovanni Gronchi
1887 – 1978 · Politicians Oct 17 -
Gig Young
1913 – 1978 · Actors Oct 19 -
Anastas Mikoyan
1895 – 1978 · Politicians Oct 21 -
Mel Street
1933 – 1978 · Country Music Oct 21 -
Dorothy Shay
1921 – 1978 · Comedian, Singer Oct 22 -
Maybelle Carter
1909 – 1978 · Country Music Oct 23 -
Gloria Castillo
1933 – 1978 · Actresses Oct 24 -
Brian Hayles
1931 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Oct 30 -
Gene Tunney
1897 – 1978 · Boxers Nov 7 -
Florence Marly
1919 – 1978 · Actresses Nov 9 -
Theo Lingen
1903 – 1978 · Actors Nov 10 -
Ford Ingalsbe Beebe
1888 – 1978 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Nov 11 -
Harry Bertoia
1915 – 1978 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Ilean Oliver
1896 – 1978 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Susan Shaw
1929 – 1978 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Margaret Mead
1901 – 1978 · Celebrities, Film Director Nov 15 -
Giorgio de Chirico
1888 – 1978 · Artists and Architects Nov 20 -
Robert Alan Aurthur
1922 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Nov 20 -
Scott Newman
1950 – 1978 · Actors Nov 20 -
Ford Beebe
1888 – 1978 · Director Nov 26 -
Harvey Milk
1930 – 1978 · Politicians Nov 27 -
André Morell
1909 – 1978 · Actors Nov 28 -
Golda Meir
1898 – 1978 · Politicians Dec 8 -
Bill Bailey
1912 – 1978 · Actors Dec 12 -
Merritt Franklin Bohn
1905 – 1978 · Actors Dec 12 -
Rita Bekes
1925 – 1978 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Roger Caillois
1913 – 1978 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Chill Wills
1902 – 1978 · Actors Dec 15 -
Bob Luman
1937 – 1978 · Country Music Dec 27 -
Houari Boumédiène
1932 – 1978 · Politicians Dec 27