In the year 1979
655 Notable deaths
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.
Yervand Kochar
Armenian artist, sculptor (1899–1979).
Born June 15th, 1899 in Tbilisi.
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Yerevan.
Zbigniew Seifert
Polish musician (1946-1979).
Born June 6th, 1946 in Kraków.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 32 years old in Buffalo.
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).
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
German astronomer (1892–1979).
Born April 4th, 1892 in Heidelberg.
Died May 6th, 1979 at 87 years old in Heidelberg.
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.
Walter Dietrich
Swiss footballer (1902-1979).
Born December 24th, 1902 in Switzerland.
Died November 27th, 1979 at 76 years old
Alighiero Noschese
Italian actor (1932-1979).
Born November 25th, 1932 in Naples.
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 47 years old in Rome (gunshot wound).
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).
Rob Slotemaker
Dutch racing driver (1929–1979).
Born June 13th, 1929 in Jakarta.
Died September 16th, 1979 at 50 years old in Zandvoort.
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).
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).
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).
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.
Yang Zhongjian
Chinese paleontologist (1897–1979).
Born June 1st, 1897 in Hua Prefecture.
Died January 15th, 1979 at 81 years old in Beijing.
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.
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.
Hans Scherfig
Danish writer and artist (1905-1979).
Born April 8th, 1905 in Copenhagen.
Died January 28th, 1979 at 73 years old in Hillerød (thrombus).
Loren Murchison
Olympic athlete (1898-1979).
Born December 17th, 1898 in Farmersville.
Died June 11th, 1979 at 80 years old in Lakewood.
Bartolomé Calatayud
Majorcan composer and guitarist musician (1882–1973).
Born September 8th, 1882 in Palma.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 96 years old in Palma.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks