In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Yervand Kochar
Armenian artist, sculptor (1899–1979).
Born June 15th, 1899 in Tbilisi.
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Yerevan.
Ermindo Onega
Argentine footballer (1940–1979).
Born April 4th, 1940 in Las Parejas.
Died December 21st, 1979 at 39 years old in Lima, Buenos Aires (traffic collision).
Hermann Arthur Jahn
English scientist (1907–1979).
Born May 31st, 1907 in Colchester.
Died October 24th, 1979 at 72 years old in Southampton.
Mabel Taliaferro
Actress (1887-1979).
Born May 21st, 1887 in New York City.
Died January 24th, 1979 at 91 years old in Honolulu.
Franklin Adreon
Screenwriter, director, producer, actor (1902-1979).
Born November 18th, 1902 in Gambrills.
Died September 10th, 1979 at 76 years old in Thousand Oaks.
Étienne Souriau
French philosopher (1892-1979).
Born April 26th, 1892 in Lille.
Died November 19th, 1979 at 87 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Zbigniew Seifert
Polish musician (1946-1979).
Born June 6th, 1946 in Kraków.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 32 years old in Buffalo.
Behçet Necatigil
Turkish translator and writer (1916–1979).
Born April 16th, 1916 in Istanbul.
Died December 13th, 1979 at 63 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer).
Alighiero Noschese
Italian actor (1932-1979).
Born November 25th, 1932 in Naples.
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 47 years old in Rome (gunshot wound).
Ivan Chistyakov
Soviet colonel general (1900–1979).
Born September 27th, 1900.
Died March 7th, 1979 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Cecil Purdy
Australian chess player (1906–1979).
Born March 27th, 1906 in Port Said.
Died November 6th, 1979 at 73 years old in Sydney (myocardial infarction).
Josef Kotin
Russian engineer (1908-1979).
Born March 10th, 1908 in Pavlohrad. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1979 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Turkish actor and director (1892–1979).
Born March 7th, 1892 in Istanbul.
Died April 29th, 1979 at 87 years old in İzmir (myocardial infarction).
Yang Zhongjian
Chinese paleontologist (1897–1979).
Born June 1st, 1897 in Hua Prefecture.
Died January 15th, 1979 at 81 years old in Beijing.
Fritz Diez
German actor (1901-1979).
Born February 27th, 1901 in Meiningen.
Died October 19th, 1979 at 78 years old in Weimar.
Heinrich Klüver
German psychologist (1897–1979).
Born May 25th, 1897 in Holstein.
Died February 8th, 1979 at 81 years old in Oak Lawn.
Rob Slotemaker
Dutch racing driver (1929–1979).
Born June 13th, 1929 in Jakarta.
Died September 16th, 1979 at 50 years old in Zandvoort.
Walter Dietrich
Swiss footballer (1902-1979).
Born December 24th, 1902 in Switzerland.
Died November 27th, 1979 at 76 years old
Paolo Barison
Italian footballer (1936-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1936 in Vittorio Veneto.
Died April 17th, 1979 at 42 years old in Andora (traffic collision).
Sofija Jovanović
Serbian war heroine.
Born January 26th, 1892 in Belgrade. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1979 at 87 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Albert Préjean
French actor (1894–1979).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Pantin.
Died November 1st, 1979 at 85 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Lazar Lagin
Soviet jewish writer (1903–1979).
Born December 4th, 1903 in Vitebsk.
Died June 16th, 1979 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Pyotr Pospelov
Soviet politician, propagandist, and scientist (1898-1979).
Born June 20th, 1898 in Konakovo.
Died April 22nd, 1979 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Charles L. Stevenson
American analytic philosopher (1908-1979).
Born June 27th, 1908 in Cincinnati.
Died March 14th, 1979 at 70 years old in Bennington.
F. Ryan Duffy
United states federal judge and u.s. senator (1888-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1888 in Fond du Lac.
Died August 16th, 1979 at 91 years old in Milwaukee.
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