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Dead at age 79
1,720 Notable deaths
Yoseph Imry
Israeli physicist (1939-2018).
Born February 23rd, 1939 in Tel-Aviv.
Died May 29th, 2018 at 79 years old in Israel. [ref]
Reijo Taipale
Finnish pop and tango singer (1940–2019).
Born March 9th, 1940 in Miehikkälä. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2019 at 79 years old in Helsinki (disease). [ref]
Kitty Courbois
Dutch actress (1937-2017).
Born July 13th, 1937 in Nijmegen. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2017 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
Krsto Papić
Croatian film director (1933–2013).
Born December 7th, 1933 in Vučji Do.
Died February 7th, 2013 at 79 years old in Zagreb (stomach cancer). [ref]
Edward Simmons
American artist (1852 - 1931).
Born October 27th, 1852 in Concord.
Died November 17th, 1931 at 79 years old in Baltimore.
Peter Takeo Okada
Catholic priest from japan.
Born October 24th, 1941 in Ichikawa.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 79 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Étienne Lamotte
Indologist, priest, professor (1903-1983).
Born November 21st, 1903 in Dinant. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1983 at 79 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Yervand Kochar
Artist, sculptor (1899-1979).
Born June 15th, 1899 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Klara Luchko
Soviet and russian actress.
Born July 1st, 1925 in Chutove.
Died March 26th, 2005 at 79 years old in Moscow (pulmonary embolism).
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
Dutch geophysicist.
Born July 30th, 1887 in The Hague. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1966 at 79 years old in Amersfoort. [ref]
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran