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In the year 1979
608 Notable deaths
John Wayne
American actor (1907–1979).
Born May 26th, 1907 in Winterset. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1979 at 72 years old in Westwood (stomach cancer). [ref]
Louis Mountbatten
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979).
Born June 25th, 1900 in Windsor Castle. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1979 at 79 years old in Mullaghmore (explosion). [ref]
Josef Mengele
Nazi ss doctor and military officer at auschwitz (1911–1979).
Born March 16th, 1911 in Günzburg. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1979 at 67 years old in Maringá, Bertioga (stroke). [ref]
Sid Vicious
English bassist (1957–1979).
Born May 10th, 1957 in Lewisham.
Died February 2nd, 1979 at 21 years old in Manhattan (opiod overdose).
Minnie Riperton
American singer (1947–1979).
Born November 8th, 1947 in Chicago.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 31 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (breast cancer).
Nelson Rockefeller
Vice president of the united states from 1974 to 1977.
Born July 8th, 1908 in Bar Harbor. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1979 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Conrad Hilton
American hotelier and member of the hilton family.
Born December 25th, 1887 in San Antonio.
Died January 3rd, 1979 at 91 years old in Santa Monica.
Jean Seberg
American actress (1938–1979).
Born November 13th, 1938 in Marshalltown.
Died August 30th, 1979 at 40 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (drug overdose).
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
4th president and 9th prime minister of pakistan (1928–1979).
Born January 5th, 1928 in Larkana.
Died April 4th, 1979 at 51 years old in Rawalpindi (hanging to death).
Richard Beckinsale
English actor (1947-1979).
Born July 6th, 1947 in Carlton.
Died March 19th, 1979 at 31 years old in Sunningdale (myocardial infarction).
Mary Pickford
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979).
Born April 8th, 1892 in Toronto.
Died May 29th, 1979 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (stroke).
Ted Cassidy
American actor (1932-1979).
Born July 31st, 1932 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 16th, 1979 at 46 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease).
Vivian Vance
American singer (1909-1979).
Born July 26th, 1909 in Cherryvale.
Died August 17th, 1979 at 70 years old in Belvedere (breast cancer, bone cancer).
Merle Oberon
British actress (1911-1979).
Born February 19th, 1911 in Mumbai.
Died November 23rd, 1979 at 68 years old in Malibu (stroke).
Dhyan Chand Kushwaha
Indian field hockey player.
Born August 29th, 1905 in Allahabad.
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 74 years old in Delhi (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Jim Hutton
Actor (1934-1979).
Born May 31st, 1934 in Binghamton. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1979 at 45 years old in Los Angeles (cancer, liver cancer). [ref]
Joan Blondell
American actress (1906–1979).
Born August 30th, 1906 in Manhattan.
Died December 25th, 1979 at 73 years old in Santa Monica (leukemia).
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979).
Born October 1st, 1945 in Chicago.
Died January 13th, 1979 at 33 years old in New York City (falling).
Jayaprakash Narayan
Indian independence activist and political leader.
Born October 11th, 1902 in Ballia.
Died October 8th, 1979 at 76 years old in Patna.
Jack Haley
American stage, radio and film actor.
Born August 10th, 1898 in Boston.
Died June 6th, 1979 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Barbara Hutton
American philanthropist and socialite (1912-1979).
Born November 14th, 1912 in New York City.
Died May 11th, 1979 at 66 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Mamie Eisenhower
First lady of the united states from 1953 to 1961.
Born November 14th, 1896 in Boone.
Died November 1st, 1979 at 82 years old in Washington, D.C..
Raymond Washington
American gang member.
Born August 14th, 1953 in Los Angeles.
Died August 9th, 1979 at 25 years old in Los Angeles.
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979).
Born April 22nd, 1922 in Nogales.
Died January 5th, 1979 at 56 years old in Mexico, Cuernavaca (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and broadway musicals (1902–1979).
Born June 28th, 1902 in Queens. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1979 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
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