Dead at age 79
1,720 Notable deaths
Fred Wacker
Racecar driver.
Born July 10th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 79 years old in Lake Bluff.
Edith Rebecca Saunders
British geneticist (1865-1945).
Born October 14th, 1865 in Brighton.
Died June 6th, 1945 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Abram Besicovitch
Russian mathematician (1891-1970).
Born January 24th, 1891 in Berdiansk.
Died November 2nd, 1970 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Mário da Graça Machungo
Mozambican politician (1940-2020).
Born December 1st, 1940 in Maxixe.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 79 years old in Lisbon (disease). [ref]
Erik Charell
Actor.
Born April 9th, 1895 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1974 at 79 years old in Munich. [ref]
Alice Tegnér
Swedish music teacher and children's songs composer (1864–1943).
Born March 12th, 1864 in Karlshamn church parish. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1943 at 79 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Willem Hendrik Keesom
Dutch physicist.
Born June 21st, 1876 in Texel. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1956 at 79 years old in Leiden.
Ion Nunweiller
Romanian footballer (1936-2015).
Born January 9th, 1936 in Piatra Neamț.
Died February 3rd, 2015 at 79 years old in Pitești (cerebral hemorrhage).
Otto Lederer
Actor (1886-1965).
Born April 17th, 1886 in Prague.
Died September 3rd, 1965 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills.
Gino Bechi
Italian opera singer (1913–1993).
Born October 16th, 1913 in Florence.
Died February 2nd, 1993 at 79 years old in Florence.
Deaths 1081 to 1090 of 1720
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld