Dead at age 79
1,545 Notable deaths
Ethel Barrymore
American actress (1879-1959).
Born August 15th, 1879 in Philadelphia.
Died June 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Robert Walker, Jr.
American actor (1940-2019).
Born April 15th, 1940 in Queens.
Died December 5th, 2019 at 79 years old in Malibu. [ref]
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Indian politician (1936-2016).
Born January 12th, 1936 in Bijbehara.
Died January 7th, 2016 at 79 years old in New Delhi (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Satya Pal Malik
Indian politician.
Born July 24th, 1946 in Aligarh.
Died August 5th, 2025 at 79 years old in Delhi.
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini
Palestinian arab nationalist and muslim leader (1897–1974).
Born January 1st, 1895 in Jerusalem.
Died July 4th, 1974 at 79 years old in Beirut.
Lillian Hellman
American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984).
Born June 20th, 1905 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1984 at 79 years old in Dukes County (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Wilkerson
American pentecostal evangelist.
Born May 19th, 1931 in Hammond. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2011 at 79 years old in Texas, U.S. Route 175 (traffic collision). [ref]
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Indian actress.
Born September 10th, 1945 in Kaviyoor.
Died September 20th, 2024 at 79 years old in Kochi. [ref]
John Lindsay
American politician (1921-2000).
Born November 24th, 1921 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 2000 at 79 years old in Hilton Head Island (Parkinson's disease).
Reinhard Bonnke
German pentecostal evangelist.
Born April 19th, 1940 in Königsberg.
Died December 7th, 2019 at 79 years old in Orlando (surgical complications). [ref]
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran