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In the year 1979
608 Notable deaths
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. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1979 at 92 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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 25th, 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.
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).
Mika Waltari
Finnish writer (1908–1979).
Born September 19th, 1908 in Helsinki.
Died August 26th, 1979 at 70 years old in Helsinki (cancer).
Dave Fleischer
American animation film director and film producer (1894-1979).
Born July 14th, 1894 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1979 at 84 years old in Hollywood, Woodland Hills. [ref]
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar from india.
Born August 19th, 1907 in Ballia district. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1979 at 71 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Harry Meyen
German actor (1924-1979).
Born August 31st, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 54 years old in Hamburg (hanging).
Larisa Shepitko
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979).
Born January 6th, 1938 in Bakhmut.
Died July 2nd, 1979 at 41 years old in Tver Oblast (traffic collision). [ref]
John Carroll
American actor (1906-1979).
Born July 17th, 1906 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1979 at 72 years old in Hollywood (leukemia). [ref]
Ralph Greenson
American psychiatrist (1911-1979).
Born September 20th, 1911 in Bern.
Died November 24th, 1979 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 608
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo