In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Rudi Dutschke
German student activist (1940–1979).
Born March 7th, 1940 in Schönefeld. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1979 at 39 years old in Aarhus (drowning). [ref]
Barbara Luddy
American actress (1908-1979).
Born May 25th, 1908 in Great Falls.
Died April 1st, 1979 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Wilhelm Bittrich
German general (1894-1979.
Born February 26th, 1894 in Wernigerode.
Died April 19th, 1979 at 85 years old in Wolfratshausen.
John Cromwell
American actor, director and producer (1886/7–1979).
Born December 23rd, 1887 in Toledo.
Died September 26th, 1979 at 91 years old in Santa Barbara.
Blair Peach
Anti-nazi protestor killed by the police in 1979.
Born March 25th, 1946 in Napier.
Died April 23rd, 1979 at 33 years old in Southall (blunt trauma).
Salomon Malhangu
South african freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist (1956–1979).
Born July 23rd, 1956 in Pretoria.
Died April 6th, 1979 at 22 years old in Pretoria (hanging to death).
Norman Hartnell
British fashion designer (1901-1979).
Born June 12th, 1901 in London.
Died June 8th, 1979 at 77 years old in Windsor.
Wilfred Bion
British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist (1897–1979).
Born September 8th, 1897 in Mathura.
Died November 8th, 1979 at 82 years old in Oxford (leukemia).
Mustafa Barzani
Kurdish nationalist (1903–1979).
Born March 14th, 1903 in Barzan. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
Louis Chiron
Monegasque racing driver.
Born August 3rd, 1899 in Monaco.
Died June 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Monte Carlo.
Olive Morris
British community leader and black feminist activist (1952-1979).
Born June 26th, 1952 in Saint Catherine Parish.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 27 years old in St Thomas' Hospital (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
Celia Lovsky
Austrian actress (1897-1979).
Born February 21st, 1897 in Vienna.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Jon Hall
American actor (1915-1979).
Born February 23rd, 1915 in Fresno. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1979 at 64 years old in North Hollywood (gunshot wound). [ref]
Adolph Dubs
United states ambassador to afghanistan (1920-1979).
Born August 4th, 1920 in Chicago.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 58 years old in Kabul.
Ahmad Zahir
Afghan singer (1946-1979).
Born June 14th, 1946 in Kabul.
Died June 14th, 1979 at 33 years old in Salang Tunnel (traffic collision).
June Miller
Muse, dancer (1902–1979).
Born January 12th, 1902 in Bukovina.
Died February 1st, 1979 at 77 years old in Phoenix.
Dennis Gabor
Nobel prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography.
Born June 5th, 1900 in Budapest.
Died February 9th, 1979 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Yvonne de Gaulle
Wife of charles de gaulle (1900-1979).
Born May 22nd, 1900 in Calais.
Died November 8th, 1979 at 79 years old in Paris (cancer).
Edward Akufo-Addo
Second president of the republic of ghana (1906-1979).
Born June 26th, 1906 in Dodowa.
Died July 17th, 1979 at 73 years old in Accra (heart failure).
Dorothy Arzner
American film director and film editor (1897–1979).
Born January 3rd, 1900 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1979 at 79 years old in La Quinta.
Reginald Maudling
British politician (1917–1979).
Born March 7th, 1917 in London.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 61 years old in Hampstead (liver cirrhosis, kidney failure).
Joel Teitelbaum
Grand rebbe of satmar hasidim, opponent of zionism (1887–1979).
Born January 13th, 1887 in Sighetu Marmației.
Died August 19th, 1979 at 92 years old in Mount Sinai Hospital.
Heinz Reinefarth
German ss general (1903-1979).
Born December 26th, 1903 in Gniezno.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 75 years old in Westerland.
Robert Burns Woodward
American chemist.
Born April 10th, 1917 in Boston.
Died July 8th, 1979 at 62 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction).
Rexford Tugwell
American economist, academic, and former governor of puerto rico (1891–1979).
Born July 10th, 1891 in Sinclairville. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia