In the year 1979
656 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.
Antonio María Barbieri
Catholic cardinal (1892–1979).
Born October 12th, 1892 in Montevideo.
Died July 6th, 1979 at 86 years old in Montevideo.
Curtis Stevens
Bobsledder (1898–1979).
Born June 1st, 1898 in Lake Placid.
Died May 15th, 1979 at 80 years old in Saranac Lake.
Sigrid Fick
Swedish tennis player (1887-1979).
Born May 28th, 1887 in Helsinki.
Died June 4th, 1979 at 92 years old in Stockholm.
Vladimir Fyodorov
Soviet footballer (1955–1979).
Born January 5th, 1955 in Tashkent Region.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 24 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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.
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.
Aleksandr Stolper
Soviet film director (1907-1979).
Born August 12th, 1907 in Daugavpils.
Died January 12th, 1979 at 71 years old in Moscow.
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]
Ľudmila Pajdušáková
Slovak astronomer (1916-1979).
Born June 29th, 1916 in Radošovce. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1979 at 63 years old in Vysoké Tatry.
Georges Lampin
Film director (1901-1979).
Born October 14th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 8th, 1979 at 77 years old in Pau.
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.
S. Corinna Bille
Swiss writer (1912-1979).
Born August 29th, 1912 in Lausanne.
Died October 24th, 1979 at 67 years old in Sierre.
Ernie Harper
British athlete (1902-1979).
Born August 2nd, 1902 in Chesterfield. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1979 at 77 years old in Tullamarine.
Zoltán Várkonyi
Hungarian actor and film director.
Born May 13th, 1912 in Budapest.
Died April 10th, 1979 at 66 years old in Budapest.
Jesús Alonso Fernández
Footballer (1917-1979).
Born April 24th, 1917 in Havana. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1979 at 62 years old in Madrid.
Ray Ventura
French musician (1908–1979).
Born April 16th, 1908 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 30th, 1979 at 70 years old in Palma.
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.
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).
Giovanni Sansone
Italian mathematician (1888-1979).
Born May 24th, 1888 in Porto Empedocle.
Died October 13th, 1979 at 91 years old in Florence.
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.
Giovanni De Prà
Italian footballer (1900-1979).
Born June 28th, 1900 in Genoa.
Died June 15th, 1979 at 78 years old in Genoa.
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.
Eduardo Astengo
Peruvian footballer (1909-1979).
Born June 26th, 1909 in Lima. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1979 at 70 years old in Lima. [ref]
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young