Dead at age 79
1,556 Notable deaths
Bill Lomas
British motorcycle racer.
Born March 8th, 1928 in Derbyshire.
Died August 14th, 2007 at 79 years old in Mansfield.
Yuri Shaporin
Soviet composer and conductor.
Born November 8th, 1887 in Hlukhiv. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1966 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
Spanish playwright (1940-2020).
Born June 20th, 1940 in Barcelona.
Died April 6th, 2020 at 79 years old in Lleida (COVID-19). [ref]
Naum Akhiezer
Russian mathematician.
Born March 6th, 1901 in Cherykaw.
Died June 3rd, 1980 at 79 years old in Kharkiv. [ref]
Ishii Kikujirō
Japanese politician (1866-1945).
Born April 24th, 1866 in Mobara. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1945 at 79 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Paul Cremona
Catholic archbishop (1946–2025).
Born January 25th, 1946 in Valletta.
Died March 18th, 2025 at 79 years old in Birkirkara. [ref]
Willy den Ouden
Dutch swimmer.
Born January 1st, 1918 in Rotterdam.
Died December 6th, 1997 at 79 years old in Rotterdam.
Edith Rebecca Saunders
British geneticist (1865-1945).
Born October 14th, 1865 in Brighton.
Died June 6th, 1945 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Teresa Feoderovna Ries
Russian-born austrian artist.
Born January 31st, 1877 in Moscow, Budapest. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1956 at 79 years old in Lugano. [ref]
Milán Füst
Hungarian writer.
Born July 17th, 1888 in Budapest. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1967 at 79 years old in Budapest. [ref]
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker