In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Kurt Kasznar
Stage, film, and television actor (1913-1979).
Born August 12th, 1913 in Vienna.
Died August 6th, 1979 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Dick Foran
American actor (1910-1979).
Born June 18th, 1910 in Flemington.
Died August 10th, 1979 at 69 years old in Panorama City (myocardial infarction).
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Soldier and former military head of state of ghana (1931-1979).
Born September 23rd, 1931 in Kumasi.
Died June 16th, 1979 at 47 years old in Accra (gunshot wound).
Tony Galento
American boxer and professional wrestler (1910-1979).
Born March 12th, 1910 in Orange.
Died July 22nd, 1979 at 69 years old in Livingston.
Arthur Fiedler
American conductor (1894-1979).
Born December 17th, 1894 in Boston.
Died July 10th, 1979 at 84 years old in Brookline (myocardial infarction).
Ben Lyon
American actor (1901-1979).
Born February 6th, 1901 in Atlanta.
Died March 22nd, 1979 at 78 years old in Honolulu (myocardial infarction).
John Glascock
British musician (1951–1979).
Born May 2nd, 1951 in London Borough of Islington.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 28 years old in London (congenital heart disease).
Felix Aylmer
English actor (1889-1979).
Born February 21st, 1889 in Corsham.
Died September 2nd, 1979 at 90 years old in Sussex.
Angus MacLise
American musician and poet (1938–1979).
Born March 14th, 1938 in Bridgeport.
Died June 21st, 1979 at 41 years old in Kathmandu (tuberculosis).
Billy Bletcher
American actor (1894-1979).
Born September 24th, 1894 in Lancaster.
Died January 5th, 1979 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.
Jacob L. Devers
United states army general (1887-1979).
Born September 8th, 1887 in York.
Died October 15th, 1979 at 92 years old in Washington, D.C..
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
Iranian politician (1919-1979).
Born February 18th, 1919 in Tehran.
Died April 7th, 1979 at 60 years old in Tehran (execution by shooting).
Gerald Templer
British army general (1898–1979).
Born September 11th, 1898 in Colchester.
Died October 25th, 1979 at 81 years old in Chelsea.
J. G. Farrell
British writer (1935–1979).
Born January 23rd, 1935 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1979 at 44 years old in Bantry Bay (drowning). [ref]
Nader Jahanbani
Iranian general, fighter pilot of imperial iranian air force (iiaf).
Born April 16th, 1928 in Tehran.
Died March 12th, 1979 at 50 years old in Qasr Prison (gunshot wound).
Edward Almond
United states army general (1892–1979).
Born December 12th, 1892 in Luray.
Died June 11th, 1979 at 86 years old in Anniston.
James J. Gibson
American psychologist (1904-1979).
Born January 27th, 1904 in McConnelsville. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1979 at 75 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Yvonne Mitchell
British actress (1915–1979).
Born July 7th, 1915 in London.
Died March 24th, 1979 at 63 years old in London (cancer).
Elizabeth Ryan
American tennis player (1892–1979).
Born February 5th, 1892 in Anaheim.
Died July 6th, 1979 at 87 years old in Wimbledon. [ref]
Otto Robert Frisch
Austrian-born british nuclear physicist.
Born October 1st, 1904 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1979 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Morteza Motahhari
Iranian politician (1919-1979).
Born January 31st, 1919 in Fariman. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1979 at 60 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound). [ref]
Chris Taylor
American professional and amateur wrestler (1950-1979).
Born June 13th, 1950 in Dowagiac. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1979 at 29 years old in Story City (myocardial infarction).
Akwasi Afrifa
Soldier, politician, and former head of state of ghana (1936-1979).
Born April 24th, 1936 in Mampong. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1979 at 43 years old in Accra (gunshot wound). [ref]
Edvard Kardelj
Yugoslav politician (1910–1979).
Born January 27th, 1910 in Ljubljana.
Died February 10th, 1979 at 69 years old in Ljubljana (colorectal cancer).
Rosaleen Norton
Australian artist (1917–1979).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in Dunedin.
Died December 5th, 1979 at 62 years old in Darlinghurst (colorectal cancer).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 656
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. J.K. Rowling