In the year 1979
655 Notable deaths
Jeanne Leleu
French composer (1898–1979).
Born December 29th, 1898 in Saint-Mihiel.
Died March 11th, 1979 at 80 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Ľudmila Pajdušáková
Slovak astronomer (1916-1979).
Born June 29th, 1916 in Radošovce. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1979 at 63 years old in Vysoké Tatry.
Sven Utterström
Swedish cross-country skier.
Born May 16th, 1901 in Överluleå church parish.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 77 years old in Överluleå church parish.
Celso Emilio Ferreiro
Galician writer (1912-1979).
Born January 6th, 1912 in Celanova. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1979 at 67 years old in Vigo. [ref]
Erich Rademacher
German swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979).
Born June 9th, 1901 in Magdeburg.
Died April 3rd, 1979 at 77 years old in Stuttgart.
Vladimir Fyodorov
Soviet footballer (1955–1979).
Born January 5th, 1955 in Tashkent Region.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 24 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Antonio María Barbieri
Catholic cardinal (1892–1979).
Born October 12th, 1892 in Montevideo.
Died July 6th, 1979 at 86 years old in Montevideo.
Ervin Katnić
Serbian footballer (1922–1979).
Born September 2nd, 1921 in Split.
Died January 4th, 1979 at 57 years old in Split.
Maria Petrovykh
Russian writer (1908–1979).
Born March 26th, 1908 in Norskoe District.
Died June 1st, 1979 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Ernie Harper
British athlete (1902-1979).
Born August 2nd, 1902 in Chesterfield. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1979 at 77 years old in Tullamarine.
Aleksandr Stolper
Soviet film director (1907-1979).
Born August 12th, 1907 in Daugavpils.
Died January 12th, 1979 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Georges Lampin
Film director (1901-1979).
Born October 14th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 8th, 1979 at 77 years old in Pau.
S. Corinna Bille
Swiss writer (1912-1979).
Born August 29th, 1912 in Lausanne.
Died October 24th, 1979 at 67 years old in Sierre.
Lina Merlin
Italian politician (1887-1979).
Born October 15th, 1887 in Pozzonovo.
Died August 16th, 1979 at 91 years old in Padua. [ref]
Zoltán Várkonyi
Hungarian actor and film director.
Born May 13th, 1912 in Budapest.
Died April 10th, 1979 at 66 years old in Budapest.
Leif Erland Andersson
Swedish astronomer (1943–1979).
Born November 4th, 1943 in Falkenberg.
Died May 4th, 1979 at 35 years old in Vinberg parish (lymphoma).
Hans Liesche
German high jumper (1891-1979).
Born October 11th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died March 30th, 1979 at 87 years old in Berlin.
Giovanni De Prà
Italian footballer (1900-1979).
Born June 28th, 1900 in Genoa.
Died June 15th, 1979 at 78 years old in Genoa.
Gavriil Veresov
Soviet chess player and international master (1912–1979).
Born July 28th, 1912 in Minsk.
Died November 12th, 1979 at 67 years old in Minsk.
Eduardo Astengo
Peruvian footballer (1909-1979).
Born June 26th, 1909 in Lima. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1979 at 70 years old in Lima. [ref]
Yuri Tolubeyev
Russian soviet actor (1906-1979).
Born May 1st, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 28th, 1979 at 73 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jaap Bulder
Dutch footballer (1896-1979).
Born September 27th, 1896 in Groningen.
Died April 30th, 1979 at 82 years old in Leiderdorp.
Mikhail Ogonkov
Russian footballer (1932-1979).
Born June 24th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died August 14th, 1979 at 47 years old in Moscow (exsanguination).
Pedro Arico Suárez
Argentine footballer (1908-1979).
Born June 5th, 1908 in Santa Brígida.
Died April 18th, 1979 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Emil Boyson
Norwegian writer and translator (1897–1979).
Born September 4th, 1897 in Bergen.
Died June 2nd, 1979 at 81 years old in Oslo.
Deaths 526 to 550 of 655
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard