1978 suicides

The list 1978 suicides includes Maggie McNamara, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Mel Street and Barry Brown. The list consists of 50 members.

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1978

Calendar year

1.

Charles Boyer

Actor

Overview: Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1899

Date of death: 26 August 1978

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Special Tony Award recipients 132T

Barbiturates-related deaths 141T

French male actors who committed suicide 12T
2.

Gig Young

Actor

Overview: Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American actor. He was thrice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill ...

Date of birth: 4 November 1913

Date of death: 19 October 1978

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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United States Coast Guard enlisted 94T

Murder–suicides in New York 12T

United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II 133T
3.

Deborah Weems

American actress

Overview: Deborah Weems (February 1, 1950 - February 22, 1978) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for her recurring roles on the children's television program Captain Kangaroo.

Date of birth: 3 February 1951

Date of death: 22 February 1978

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Suicides by jumping in New York City 60T

Suicides by defenestration 78T

20th-century American women singers 2,288T
4.

Maggie McNamara

Actress

Overview: Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara (June 18, 1928 – February 18, 1978) was a stage, film, and television actress and model from the United States. McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She came ...

Date of birth: 18 February 1928

Date of death: 18 February 1978

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Drug-related deaths in New York City 71T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Female models from New York (state) 189T
5.

Mel Street

American singer

Overview: King Malachi "Mel" Street (October 21, 1933 – October 21, 1978) was an American country music singer who had 13 top-20 hits on the Billboard country charts.

Date of birth: 21 October 1933

Date of death: 21 October 1978

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

Male suicides 1,509T

Singers who committed suicide 131T
6.

Neil Burstyn

American actor and writer (1939–1978)

Overview: Neil Bernstein (July 17, 1939 – November 9, 1978) known as Neil Nephew, was an American actor, writer and story editor.

Date of birth: 17 July 1939

Date of death: 1 November 1978

Age: 39 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Suicides by jumping in New York City 45T

Suicides by defenestration 72T

American male actors who committed suicide 118T
7.

Barry Brown

American actor and writer

Overview: Barry Brown (April 19, 1951 – June 25, 1978) was an American author, playwright and actor who performed on stage and in television dramas and feature films, notably as Frederick Winterbourne in Peter ...

Date of birth: 19 April 1951

Date of death: 27 June 1978

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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20th-century American male writers 6,911T

American male actors who committed suicide 118T

Male actors from San Jose, California 32T
8.

Armin Meier

German actor (1943–1978)

Overview: Armin Meier (1943 – 31 May 1978) was a German actor, best known for his performances in films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Date of birth: 1943

Date of death: 31 May 1978

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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German male actors 57T

1978 deaths 4,638T

German actors 665T
9.

Jim Jones

American religious leader

Overview: James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader, preacher and self-professed faith healer. He launched the Peoples Temple in Indiana during the 1950s. Jones and his inner ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1931

Date of death: 18 November 1978

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

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American dissidents 15T

20th-century apocalypticists 81T

American faith healers 31T
10.

Peter Vogel

German actor

Overview: Peter Vogel (22 March 1937 – 21 September 1978) was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1954 and 1978. He was born in Munich, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria, after committing ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1937

Date of death: 21 September 1978

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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German male actors who committed suicide 16T

German male television actors 770T

Male actors who committed suicide 279T
11.

Joan Morrissey

Singer

Overview: Joan Morrissey was a Newfoundland-Canadian singer.

Date of birth: 27 January 1933

Date of death: 10 January 1978

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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20th-century Canadian women singers 270T

20th-century women singers 3,624T

Singers who committed suicide 131T
12.

August Sabbe

Estonian anti-communist, Forest Brother

Overview: August Sabbe (1 September 1909 – 27 or 28 September 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonian members of the Forest Brothers, a group of citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resisted and fought ...

Date of birth: 1 September 1909

Date of death: 28 September 1978

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Estonian

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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People from Võru Parish 17T

Burials at Raadi cemetery 43T

People from the Governorate of Livonia 488T
13.

Frank Rosolino

American jazz trombonist

Overview: Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist.

Date of birth: 20 August 1926

Date of death: 26 November 1978

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Jazz Musician

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

Sackville Records artists 50T
14.

Luigi Vannucchi

Italian actor

Overview: Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Date of birth: 25 November 1930

Date of death: 29 August 1978

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Italian male actors who committed suicide 10T

Italian male stage actors 477T

Italian male television actors 445T
15.

Lilya Brik

Soviet actor

Overview: Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily; Russian: Ли́ля Ю́рьевна Брик; née Kagan; November 11 [O.S. October 30] 1891 – August 4, 1978) was a Russian author and socialite, connected ...

Date of birth: 11 November 1891

Date of death: 4 August 1978

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Jewish Russian actors 71T

People from Moskovsky Uyezd 146T

Russian actresses who committed suicide 4T
16.

Robert Hohenberger

American kidnapper, serial rapist and suspected serial killer

Overview: Robert Carl Hohenberger (1943–May 31, 1978) was an American criminal, kidnapper and serial rapist, as well as the prime suspect in a series of murders committed against teenagers in Morgan City, Louisiana ...

Date of birth: 1943

Date of death: 31 May 1978

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

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17.

Tommy McLaren

Footballer

Overview: Thomas McLaren (1 June 1949 – 23 July 1978) was a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Date of birth: 1 June 1949

Date of death: 23 July 1978

Age: 29 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Soccer

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Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States 360T

Portland Timbers (1975–1982) players 66T

North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players 1,611T
18.

Mel Lyman

Cult leader

Overview: Melvin James Lyman (March 24, 1938 – March 1978) was an American musician and writer, and the founder of the Fort Hill Community, which has been variously described as a family, commune, or cult.

Date of birth: 24 March 1938

Date of death: 1 April 1978

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Founders of new religious movements 181T

20th-century American musicians 6,126T

Musicians from Boston, Massachusetts 314T
19.

Jean Améry

Austrian essayist

Overview: Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austria-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work ...

Date of birth: 31 October 1912

Date of death: 17 October 1978

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Gurs internment camp survivors 35T

Austrian male writers who committed suicide 7T

20th-century Austrian philosophers 41T
20.

Heimrad Prem

German painter

Overview: Heimrad Prem (27 May 1934 – 19 February 1978) was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949–1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and then studied painting with Josef Oberberger ...

Date of birth: 27 May 1934

Date of death: 19 February 1978

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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German male painters 1,503T

20th-century German painters 1,002T

People from Roding, Germany 3T