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In the year 1979
655 Notable deaths
Aksel Berg
Soviet scientist and admiral (1893-1979).
Born November 10th, 1893 in Orenburg.
Died July 9th, 1979 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Anders Ek
Actor (1916-1979).
Born April 7th, 1916 in Gothenburg.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 63 years old in Stockholm.
Miloslav Kabeláč
Czech composer and conductor (1908–1979).
Born August 1st, 1908 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1979 at 71 years old in Prague. [ref]
Ivan Chistyakov
Soviet colonel general (1900–1979).
Born September 27th, 1900.
Died March 7th, 1979 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Antonio Sicurezza
Italian painter (1905-1979).
Born February 25th, 1905 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
Died August 29th, 1979 at 74 years old in Formia.
Giorgio Colli
Italian philosopher (1917–1979).
Born January 16th, 1917 in Turin.
Died January 6th, 1979 at 61 years old in Fiesole.
Reg Armstrong
Irish motorcycle racer (1928-1979).
Born September 1st, 1928 in Liverpool.
Died November 24th, 1979 at 51 years old in Brighton (motorcycle accident).
Nicolae Simatoc
Romanian footballer (1920–1979).
Born May 1st, 1920 in Grimăncăuți.
Died December 11th, 1979 at 59 years old in Sydney.
Igor Bondarevsky
Russian chess player (1913–1979).
Born May 12th, 1913 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died June 14th, 1979 at 66 years old in Pyatigorsk.
Viktoria Savs
Austrian military personnel (1899–1979).
Born June 27th, 1899 in Bad Reichenhall. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1979 at 80 years old in Salzburg.
Charlotte Mineau
Actress (1886-1979).
Born March 24th, 1886 in Escanaba.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 93 years old in Los Angeles.
Georgy Beriev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1903–1979).
Born February 13th, 1903 in Tbilisi.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
British tennis player.
Born July 16th, 1907 in Paddington.
Died August 18th, 1979 at 72 years old
Alberto di Jorio
Italian catholic cardinal (1884–1979).
Died September 5th, 1979 at 95 years old in Rome.
Mohamed Akid
Tunisian association football player (1949-1979).
Died April 11th, 1979 at 29 years old in Riyadh (2014 Colchester murders).
Ed Souza
American soccer player (1921-1979).
Born September 22nd, 1921 in Fall River.
Died May 19th, 1979 at 57 years old in Rhode Island.
Leonard Mociulschi
Romanian general (1889–1979).
Born March 25th, 1889 in Siminicea.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 90 years old in Brașov.
Nikolai Tikhonov
Soviet writer (1896–1979).
Born December 4th, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 8th, 1979 at 82 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.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Mexican mesoamericanist (1906–1979).
Born January 27th, 1906 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 73 years old in Montreal.
Edvin Adolphson
Swedish actor and director (1893-1979).
Born February 25th, 1893 in Norrköping.
Died October 31st, 1979 at 86 years old in Solna Municipality.
Gilbert Cesbron
French writer (1913–1979).
Born January 13th, 1913 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 13th, 1979 at 66 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Mikhail An
Soviet football player (1952–1979).
Born November 19th, 1952 in Tashkent Region.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 26 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ethel Lackie
American swimmer (1907–1979).
Born February 10th, 1907 in Chicago.
Died December 15th, 1979 at 72 years old in Newbury Park.
Charlotte Radcliffe
British swimmer, olympic silver medallist.
Born August 3rd, 1903 in Garston.
Died December 12th, 1979 at 76 years old in Liverpool. [ref]
Deaths 426 to 450 of 655
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht