Dead at age 79
1,720 Notable deaths
Anna Sipos
Hungarian table tennis player.
Born April 3rd, 1908 in Szeged. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1988 at 79 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Selmar Schonland
South african botanist (1860-1940).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Bad Frankenhausen.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Makhanda.
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
Vietnamese cardinal (1898–1978).
Born December 11th, 1898 in Vietnam.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 79 years old in Hanoi.
Tamara Konstantinova
Russian aircraft pilot (1919–1999).
Born November 7th, 1919.
Died July 28th, 1999 at 79 years old in Voronezh.
Samuel Zauber
Romanian footballer (1907–1986).
Born January 9th, 1907 in Timișoara.
Died June 12th, 1986 at 79 years old in Jerusalem.
Kirstine Meyer
Danish physicist (1861–1941).
Born October 12th, 1861 in Skærbæk.
Died September 28th, 1941 at 79 years old in Hellerup.
Pierre Flamion
French football player and manager (1924-2004).
Born December 13th, 1924 in Mohon.
Died January 3rd, 2004 at 79 years old in Dijon. [ref]
Santos Juliá
Spanish historian.
Born September 16th, 1940 in Ferrol. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2019 at 79 years old in Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (cancer). [ref]
Esko Seppänen
Finnish journalist and politician.
Born February 15th, 1946 in Oulu. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2025 at 79 years old in Meilahti Triangle Hospital. [ref]
Jopie Selbach
Swimmer.
Born July 27th, 1918 in Haarlem.
Died April 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Zoetermeer.
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