In the year 1979
608 Notable deaths
Ernest B. Schoedsack
American film director (1893-1979).
Born June 8th, 1893 in Council Bluffs. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1979 at 86 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Ferenc Nagy
Hungarian politician (1903-1979).
Born October 8th, 1903 in Bisse.
Died June 12th, 1979 at 75 years old in Fairfax.
Roy Harris
American composer (1898-1979).
Born February 12th, 1898 in Lincoln County.
Died October 1st, 1979 at 81 years old in Santa Monica.
Paolo Carlini
Italian actor (1922-1979).
Born January 6th, 1922 in Santarcangelo di Romagna.
Died November 3rd, 1979 at 57 years old in Rome (thrombosis).
Alfred Deller
Countertenor singer.
Born May 31st, 1912 in Margate. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1979 at 67 years old in Bologna. [ref]
Virginia Brissac
American actress (1883-1979).
Born June 11th, 1883 in San Jose. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1979 at 96 years old in Santa Fe. [ref]
Karl Bodenschatz
German general (1890–1979).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Rehau.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 88 years old in Erlangen.
Walter Gerlach
German physicist (1889-1979).
Born August 1st, 1889 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1979 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]
Vsevolod Bobrov
Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1922–1979).
Born December 1st, 1922 in Morshansk.
Died July 1st, 1979 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Jocelyne LaGarde
French polynesian actor (1924-1979).
Born April 24th, 1924 in Papeete. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1979 at 55 years old in Papeete.
Maurice Challe
French general.
Born September 5th, 1905 in Le Pontet. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1979 at 73 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Frederick Stafford
Austrian actor (1928–1979).
Born March 11th, 1928 in Czechoslovakia, Piešťany.
Died July 28th, 1979 at 51 years old in Lugano.
Dick Huemer
American animator, screenwriter (1898–1979).
Born January 2nd, 1898 in New York City.
Died November 30th, 1979 at 81 years old in Burbank.
Mino Pecorelli
Italian journalist (1928–1979).
Born September 14th, 1928 in Sessano del Molise.
Died March 20th, 1979 at 50 years old in Rome.
Charles W. Morris
American philosopher (1903-1979).
Born May 23rd, 1903 in Denver. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1979 at 75 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Issa Pliyev
Soviet general (1903–1979).
Born November 25th, 1903 in Batako.
Died February 6th, 1979 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Georges Florovsky
Russian christian theologian and historian (1893–1979).
Born September 9th, 1893 in Odesa, Kropyvnytskyi.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 85 years old in Princeton.
Bolesław Piasecki
Polish politician (1915-1979).
Born February 18th, 1915 in Łódź. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1979 at 63 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
August Heissmeyer
Leading member of the ss (1897-1979).
Born January 11th, 1897 in Aerzen.
Died January 16th, 1979 at 82 years old in Schwäbisch Hall.
Waldemar de Brito
Brazilian footballer (1913-1979).
Born May 17th, 1913 in São Paulo.
Died February 21st, 1979 at 65 years old in São Paulo.
Edward Conze
British marxism and buddhism scholar (1904–1979).
Born March 18th, 1904 in London Borough of Lewisham.
Died September 24th, 1979 at 75 years old in Yeovil.
Josef Oberhauser
German extermination camp officer.
Born September 20th, 1915 in Munich.
Died November 22nd, 1979 at 64 years old in Munich.
Jean-Marie Villot
Roman catholic cardinal (1905–1979).
Born October 11th, 1905 in Saint-Amant-Tallende.
Died March 9th, 1979 at 73 years old in Vatican City (pneumonia).
Evald Ilyenkov
Russian philosopher (1924–1979).
Born February 18th, 1924 in Smolensk.
Died March 21st, 1979 at 55 years old in Moscow.
Helmut Hasse
German mathematician.
Born August 25th, 1898 in Kassel.
Died December 26th, 1979 at 81 years old in Ahrensburg.
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