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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1978
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1977 * * 1979
January
Hubert Humphrey
(politician) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 13, 1978. Born May 27, 1911. Mayor, senator, vice president and presidential candidate
Blossom Rock
(actress) -- Dead. Died January 14, 1978. Born August 21, 1896. Best-known as Grandmamma in The Addams Family, older sister of Jeanette MacDonald, also acted as Marie Blake.
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Carl Betz
(actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 19, 1978. Born March 9, 1921. Lots of TV, especially as Alex on The Donna Reed Show.
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Terry Kath
(singer) -- Dead. Extreme stupidity (gunplay while drunk). Died January 23, 1978. Born January 31, 1946. A founder of Chicago.
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February
Zara Cully
(actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died February 28, 1978. Born January 26, 1892. Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons.
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March
John Cazale
(actor) -- Dead. Bone cancer. Died March 12, 1978. Born 1936. Memorable as Fredo in The Godfather movies, significant other of Meryl Streep.
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Karl Wallenda
(circus performer - highwire) -- Dead. Unlucky break. Died March 22, 1978. Born 1905.
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April
Will Geer
(actor) -- Dead. Died April 22, 1978. Born March 9, 1902. Many movies, probably best known as Grandpa on The Waltons.
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May
June
Bob Crane
(actor) -- Dead. Murder. Died June 29, 1978. Born July 13, 1928. Hogan in Hogan's Heroes.
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July
August
Totie Fields
(comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack/diabetes/cancer. Died August 2, 1978. Born May 7, 1930. Memorable '60s stand-up comic, may be portrayed by Rosie O'Donnell in a future movie.
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Louis Prima
(singer) -- Dead. Died August 24, 1978. Born December 7, 1911.
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Charles Boyer
(actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died August 26, 1978. Born August 28, 1899.
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Robert Shaw
(actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 27, 1978. Born August 9, 1927. Jaws.
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September
Keith Moon
(rocker) -- Dead. Drugs. Died September 7, 1978. Born August 23, 1947. Who.
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Edgar Bergen
(ventriloquist) -- Dead. Kidney disease. Died September 30, 1978. Born February 16, 1903. Charlie McCarthy's puppet master, Candice Bergen's dad.
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October
Gig Young
(actor) -- Dead. Suicide (after murdering his wife, Kim Schmidt). Died October 19, 1978. Born November 4, 1913. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, an ex-husband of Elizabeth Montgomery.
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November
Norman Rockwell
(artist) -- Dead. Died November 9, 1978. Born February 3, 1894. Great American illustrator, many Saturday Evening Post covers.
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Margaret Mead
(antropologist/writer) -- Dead. Died November 15, 1978. Born December 16, 1901. Coming of Age in Samoa.
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Harvey Milk
(businessman/politician) -- Dead. Assassination. Died November 27, 1978. Born May 22, 1930. First openly-gay poitician elected to office, assassinated by a disgruntled former city supervisor.
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George Moscone
(politician) -- Dead. Assassination. Died November 27, 1978. Born November 24, 1929. Mayor of San Francisco, assassinated by a disgruntled employee.
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December
Golda Meir
(former Israeli prime minister/teacher) -- Dead. Died December 8, 1978. Born May 3, 1898. Born in Russia, and lived in the US before emmigrating to Israel. Tovah Feldshuh does a one-woman show, The Balcony, based on her life.
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Ed Wood
(director/writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died December 10, 1978. Born October 10, 1924. Plan 9 From Outer Space and other cult favorites, memorably portrayed by Johnny Depp.
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Chill Wills
(actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 15, 1978. Born July 18, 1903. Character actor in many Westerns, including Rio Grande.
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