Dead at age 79
1,718 Notable deaths
Ignotus
Hungarian writer.
Born November 2nd, 1869 in Pest.
Died August 3rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Earle Meadows
American athlete (1913-1992).
Born June 29th, 1913 in Corinth.
Died November 11th, 1992 at 79 years old in Fort Worth.
Colin Davis
British racecar driver.
Born July 29th, 1933 in Marylebone. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2012 at 79 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Yuri Shaporin
Soviet composer and conductor (1887–1966).
Born November 8th, 1887 in Hlukhiv.
Died December 9th, 1966 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Denis Neville
English footballer (1915-1995).
Born May 6th, 1915 in Northampton.
Died January 11th, 1995 at 79 years old in Rotterdam.
Victor Nurenberg
Luxembourgian association football player (1930–2010).
Born November 22nd, 1930 in Differdange.
Died April 22nd, 2010 at 79 years old in Nice. [ref]
Vladimir Dudintsev
Soviet writer.
Born July 29th, 1918 in Kupiansk.
Died July 23rd, 1998 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Andrzej Kondratiuk
Polish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Born July 20th, 1936 in Pinsk.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 79 years old in Warsaw.
Robert F. Hill
Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Born April 14th, 1886 in Port Rowan, Ontario. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1966 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Dagmar Schipanski
German politician (1943–2022).
Born September 3rd, 1943 in Sättelstädt.
Died September 7th, 2022 at 79 years old [ref]
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci