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In the year 1979
608 Notable deaths
Abdi İpekçi
Turkish journalist.
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.
Born October 14th, 1889 in Baltimore.
Died October 13th, 1979 at 89 years old in Perris (stroke).
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian architect and engineer.
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.
Born August 9th, 1896 in Moscow. [ref]
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. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1979 at 93 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ludvík Svoboda
Czechoslovak general and politician (1895-1979).
Born November 25th, 1895 in Hroznatín. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1979 at 83 years old in Prague (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Nikos Poulantzas
Greek-french philosopher.
Born September 21st, 1936 in Athens.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 43 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (suicide by jumping from height).
Victor Kilian
American politician (1891–1979).
Born March 6th, 1891 in Jersey City.
Died March 11th, 1979 at 88 years old in Hollywood (blunt trauma).
Nereo Rocco
Italian footballer and manager.
Born May 20th, 1912 in Trieste.
Died February 20th, 1979 at 66 years old in Trieste.
Les Clark
American animator (1907–1979).
Born November 17th, 1907 in Ogden.
Died September 12th, 1979 at 71 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
Sergei Pankejeff
Ukrainian-born russian aristocrat and analysand of sigmund freud.
Born December 24th, 1886 in Kakhovka.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Corinne Griffith
American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979).
Born November 21st, 1894 in Waco.
Died July 13th, 1979 at 84 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure).
Jackie Brenston
American r&b singer, saxophonist, songwriter.
Born August 15th, 1930 in Clarksdale. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1979 at 49 years old in Memphis (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 608
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