In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Alexandra Tolstaya
Russian writer (1884-1979).
Born June 30th, 1884 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died September 26th, 1979 at 95 years old in Valley Cottage.
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.
Died June 25th, 1979 at 84 years old in Hollywood, Woodland Hills.
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar from india.
Born August 19th, 1907 in Ballia district.
Died May 19th, 1979 at 71 years old in Delhi.
Harry Meyen
German actor (1924–1979).
Born August 31st, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 54 years old in Hamburg (hanging to death).
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.
Died April 24th, 1979 at 72 years old in Hollywood (leukemia).
Ralph Greenson
American psychiatrist (1911-1979).
Born September 20th, 1911 in Bern.
Died November 24th, 1979 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Abdi İpekçi
Turkish journalist (1929–1979).
Born August 9th, 1929 in Istanbul.
Died February 1st, 1979 at 49 years old in Istanbul.
Bernard Leach
British potter (1887–1979).
Born January 5th, 1887 in Hong Kong.
Died May 6th, 1979 at 92 years old in St Ives.
Aleksei Kapler
Soviet film director (1903–1979).
Born October 24th, 1904 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1979 at 74 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
Japanese physicist (1906-1979).
Born March 31st, 1906 in Tokyo.
Died July 8th, 1979 at 73 years old in Tokyo (head and neck cancer).
Blue Mitchell
American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979).
Born March 13th, 1930 in Miami.
Died May 21st, 1979 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Ramón José Castellano
Argentinian archbishop (1903–1979).
Born February 15th, 1903 in Villa Dolores.
Died January 27th, 1979 at 75 years old in Córdoba.
Clarence Muse
American actor and director (1889–1979).
Born October 14th, 1889 in Baltimore.
Died October 13th, 1979 at 89 years old in Perris (stroke).
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer (1891-1979).
Born June 21st, 1891 in Sondrio. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1979 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Allen Tate
American poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979).
Born November 19th, 1899 in Winchester. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1979 at 79 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Leverett Saltonstall
Politician and united states army officer 1892-1979.
Born September 1st, 1892 in Chestnut Hill.
Died June 17th, 1979 at 86 years old in Dover.
Léonide Massine
Ballet dancer (1896–1979).
Born August 9th, 1896 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1979 at 82 years old in Borken, Cologne (disease).
Nicholas Monsarrat
British writer (1910-1979).
Born March 22nd, 1910 in Liverpool.
Died August 8th, 1979 at 69 years old in London.
Gio Ponti
Italian architect (1891-1979).
Born November 18th, 1891 in Milan. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1979 at 87 years old in Milan. [ref]
S. J. Perelman
American humorist, author, and screenwriter (1904-1979).
Born February 1st, 1904 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1979 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Zhang Guotao
Chinese politician (1897–1979).
Born November 26th, 1897 in Pingxiang.
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 82 years old in Scarborough.
Theodora Kroeber
American anthropologist (1897–1979).
Born March 24th, 1897 in Denver.
Died July 4th, 1979 at 82 years old in Berkeley.
Rebecca Clarke
English composer and violist (1886–1979).
Born August 27th, 1886 in Harrow.
Died October 13th, 1979 at 93 years old in New York City.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 656
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller