78 | Death of Peter Cathcart Wason at age 78, on April 17, 2003, in light of him coining the term 'confirmation bias'+

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cathcart_Wason

Notice, the man that is credited with coining the term 'confirmation bias', a term that is often parroted by critics of this work, happened to die at age 78. 

*Jesuit = 78; *The Society of Jesus = 224 (Born on 22/4)