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Dead at age 79
1,710 Notable deaths
Móric Esterházy
Hungarian politician (1881-1960).
Born April 27th, 1881 in Majk.
Died June 28th, 1960 at 79 years old in Vienna.
Archil Gomiashvili
Soviet and russian actor.
Born March 23rd, 1926 in Chiatura.
Died May 31st, 2005 at 79 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Pietro Ferraris
Italian footballer (1912-1991).
Born February 15th, 1912 in Vercelli.
Died October 11th, 1991 at 79 years old in Vercelli.
Pál Kadosa
Hungarian composer (1903-1983).
Born September 6th, 1903 in Levice. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1983 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Arkady Plastov
Soviet socialist realist painter (1893-1972).
Born January 31st, 1893 in Prisloniha.
Died May 12th, 1972 at 79 years old in Prisloniha.
Ken Coates
British politician (1930-2010).
Born September 16th, 1930.
Died June 27th, 2010 at 79 years old in Matlock (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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]
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon