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Dead at age 79
1,710 Notable deaths
Tatsuzō Ishikawa
Japanese writer (1905-1985).
Born July 2nd, 1905 in Yokote.
Died January 31st, 1985 at 79 years old in Tokyo Kyosai Hospital.
Fatma Mukhtarova
Soviet singer.
Born March 26th, 1893 in Urmia.
Died October 19th, 1972 at 79 years old in Baku.
Lyda Salmonova
Czech actress (1889-1968).
Born July 14th, 1889 in Prague.
Died November 18th, 1968 at 79 years old in Prague.
Valeri Kubasov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2014).
Born January 7th, 1935 in Vyazniki.
Died February 19th, 2014 at 79 years old in Moscow (cerebrovascular disease).
Guy Le Strange
English scholar.
Born July 24th, 1854 in England. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1933 at 79 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Stanisław Zaremba
Polish mathematician (1863-1942).
Born October 3rd, 1863 in Romanivka.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 79 years old in Kraków.
Casimir Oyé-Mba
Gabonese politician.
Born April 20th, 1942 in Nzamaligué.
Died September 16th, 2021 at 79 years old in Clichy (COVID-19). [ref]
Albert Razin
Russian ethnographer and udmurt language activist.
Born June 12th, 1940 in Kuzyumovo.
Died September 10th, 2019 at 79 years old in Izhevsk (Self-immolation). [ref]
Pierre Monatte
French trade unionist.
Born January 15th, 1881 in Monlet.
Died June 27th, 1960 at 79 years old in Vanves.
Walter Sydney Adams
American astronomer.
Born December 20th, 1876 in Antioch.
Died May 11th, 1956 at 79 years old in Pasadena.
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