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In the year 1979
655 Notable deaths
Maurizio Arena
Italian actor (1933–1979).
Born December 26th, 1933 in Rome.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 45 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest, renal colic).
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer (1912–1979).
Born August 4th, 1912 in Cárdenas.
Died October 19th, 1979 at 67 years old in Havana.
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer and businessperson (1912–1979).
Born July 13th, 1912 in Pälkjärvi.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 67 years old in Helsinki (liver cirrhosis).
Stuart Heisler
American film and television director (1896–1979).
Born December 5th, 1896 in Los Angeles.
Died August 21st, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles.
Ugo La Malfa
Italian politician (1903–1979).
Born May 16th, 1903 in Palermo.
Died March 26th, 1979 at 75 years old in Rome (cerebral hemorrhage).
Marjorie Daw
American film actress of the silent era (1902-1979).
Born January 19th, 1902 in Colorado Springs.
Died March 18th, 1979 at 77 years old in Huntington Beach (disease).
Hans Freiherr von Funck
German general (1891-1979).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Aachen.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 87 years old in Viersen.
Charles Ehresmann
French mathematician (1905-1979).
Born April 19th, 1905 in Strasbourg.
Died September 22nd, 1979 at 74 years old in Amiens.
Lothar Wolleh
German photographer (1930–1979).
Born January 20th, 1930 in Berlin.
Died September 28th, 1979 at 49 years old in London (asthma).
Asja Lācis
Latvian actor and theatre director (1891–1979).
Born October 19th, 1891 in Līgatne, Ķempji Parish.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Riga.
Sabu Martinez
American musician (1930–1979).
Born July 14th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 13th, 1979 at 48 years old in Stockholm (gastrointestinal system disease).
Carlo Schmid
German academic and politician of the social-democratic spd (1896-1979).
Born December 3rd, 1896 in Perpignan.
Died December 11th, 1979 at 83 years old in Bad Honnef.
Aleksei Smirnov
Soviet actor (1920–1979).
Born February 28th, 1920 in Danilov.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
President of the dominican republic (1904-1979).
Born August 22nd, 1904 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died December 28th, 1979 at 75 years old in Santo Domingo (cancer).
John F. Seitz
American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1892 in Chicago.
Died February 27th, 1979 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
František Kriegel
Czech politician and doctor (1908-1979).
Born April 10th, 1908 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 71 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction).
Walther Müller
German physicist (1905–1979).
Born September 6th, 1905 in Hanover.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 74 years old in Walnut Creek.
Émile Dewoitine
French businessman (1892-1979).
Born September 26th, 1892 in Crépy. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1979 at 86 years old in Toulouse (disease). [ref]
Paul Paray
French conductor (1886-1979).
Born May 24th, 1886 in Le Tréport.
Died October 10th, 1979 at 93 years old in Monte Carlo.
Gabrielle Dorziat
French actress (1880-1979).
Born January 15th, 1880 in Épernay.
Died December 2nd, 1979 at 99 years old in Biarritz.
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen
German biochemist, nobel laureate (1911–1979).
Born April 6th, 1911 in Munich.
Died August 6th, 1979 at 68 years old in Munich.
Josef Altstötter
High-ranking official in the german ministry of justice under the nazi regime (1892-1979).
Born January 4th, 1892 in Bad Griesbach im Rottal.
Died November 13th, 1979 at 87 years old in Nuremberg.
Preguinho
Brazilian footballer (1905-1979).
Born February 8th, 1905 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died October 1st, 1979 at 74 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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