Deaths in February 1978

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• Multiple death entries were rewritten with different individuals and expanded biographical details, indicating a substantive factual replacement in the death-list portion.

Replace “Kimberly Leach 12 American student she was kidnapped from her school and.” with “Woody Gelman 62 American publisher cartoonist and writer for both animation and comic books Gelman was the co creator of Popsicle Pete and the co creator of Bazooka Joe for Topps Gelman and Len Brown co wrote the original storyline for the science fiction themed trading card series Mars Attacks 1962 as the publisher of Nostalgia Press he pioneered the reprinting of vintage comic strip s in quality hardcovers and trade paperbacks one of the earliest Nostalgia Press books was The Picture History of Charlie Chaplin 1965 designed by Gelman and showcasing a large collection of rare Chaplin memorabilia Gelman had a stroke in 1978 and fell into a coma He died while still comatose Warren King 62 American cartoonist primarily remembered for his political cartoons King became editorial cartoonist fo.”. Replace “on Philadelphia s local CBS affiliate WCAU death caused by internal hemorrhaging” with “on Philadelphia s local CBS affiliate WCAU death caused by internal hemorrhaging Tadeusz Chyliński 66 Polish airplane designer and constructor he designed the fuselage the landing gear and the tail rotor for the first Polish helicopter the BŻ 1 GIL 1950”. Replace “Don Sahlin 49 American Muppet designer and builder who worked for Jim.” with “Ovila Légaré 76 French Canadian actor and singer originally a violinist Légaré injured his hand in a printing accident and then took up theatre and singing instead he had a number of significant roles on radio Pankaj Mullick 72 Indian composer playback singer and actor he contributed in various capacities to films recorded in four different languages Bengali Hindi Urdu and Tamil for 38 years starting in 1931 he served as the music director of the film studio New Theatres Calcutta Don Sahlin 49 American Muppet designer and builder who worked for Jim.”.

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