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In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Juana de Ibarbourou
Uruguayan writer (1892–1979).
Born March 8th, 1892 in Melo. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1979 at 87 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Soviet writer (1929-1979).
Born August 18th, 1929 in Kyiv.
Died June 13th, 1979 at 49 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Boris Giuliano
Italian police officer (1930–1979).
Born October 22nd, 1930 in Piazza Armerina.
Died July 21st, 1979 at 48 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Milton Ager
American composer (1893–1979).
Born October 6th, 1893 in Chicago.
Died May 6th, 1979 at 85 years old in Los Angeles.
Floyd Henry Allport
American psychologist (1890-1979).
Born August 22nd, 1890 in Milwaukee.
Died October 15th, 1979 at 89 years old in Los Altos.
George Dunning
Animator (1920-1979).
Born November 17th, 1920 in Toronto.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 58 years old in London.
Guy Bolton
British-american dramatist and playwright (1884-1979).
Born November 23rd, 1884 in Hertfordshire.
Died September 6th, 1979 at 94 years old in London (disease).
Hassan Pakravan
Persian politician (1911-1979).
Born August 4th, 1911 in Tehran.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 67 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
E. R. Dodds
Irish classical scholar (1893–1979).
Born July 26th, 1893 in Banbridge.
Died April 8th, 1979 at 85 years old in Oxford.
Pyotr Gavrilov
Soviet officer (1900–1979).
Born June 30th, 1900 in Älbädän.
Died January 26th, 1979 at 78 years old in Krasnodar.
Waloddi Weibull
Swedish mathematician (1887-1979).
Born June 18th, 1887 in Vittskövle.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 92 years old in Annecy.
Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979).
Born February 20th, 1909 in Riga.
Died June 5th, 1979 at 70 years old in Hamburg.
Ugo Spirito
Italian academic.
Born September 9th, 1896 in Arezzo.
Died April 28th, 1979 at 82 years old in Rome.
Jack Mulhall
American actor (1887-1979).
Born October 7th, 1887 in Wappingers Falls.
Died June 1st, 1979 at 91 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
German politician (1894-1979).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Bremen.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 85 years old in East Berlin.
Dewey F. Bartlett
American politician (1919–1979).
Born March 28th, 1919 in Marietta.
Died March 1st, 1979 at 59 years old in Tulsa (lung cancer).
Pavlo Shandruk
Ukrainian military officer (1889–1979).
Born February 28th, 1889 in Borsuky.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 89 years old in Trenton.
John Slessor
Senior commander in the royal air force.
Born June 3rd, 1897 in Ranikhet.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in RAF Wroughton.
Beatrice Hicks
Engineer from the united states.
Born January 2nd, 1919 in Orange.
Died October 21st, 1979 at 60 years old in Princeton.
Joseíto Fernández
Cuban musician.
Born September 5th, 1908 in Havana.
Died October 11th, 1979 at 71 years old in Havana.
Marcel L'Herbier
French film director (1888–1979).
Born April 23rd, 1888 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 26th, 1979 at 91 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Fernando Soler
Mexican actor and film director (1896-1979).
Born May 24th, 1896 in Saltillo.
Died October 24th, 1979 at 83 years old in Mexico City.
Joachim Jeremias
German theologian (1900–1979).
Born September 20th, 1900 in Dresden.
Died September 6th, 1979 at 78 years old in Tübingen.
Tapio Rautavaara
Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor.
Born March 8th, 1915 in Pirkkala.
Died September 25th, 1979 at 64 years old in Oulunkylä (cerebral hemorrhage).
Deaths 276 to 300 of 656
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