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Dead at age 79
2,210 Notable deaths
Dino Alfieri
Italian politician (1886–1966).
Born December 8th, 1886 in Bologna.
Died January 2nd, 1966 at 79 years old in Milan.
Shōhei Ōoka
Japanese writer (1909–1988).
Born March 6th, 1909 in Ushigome-ku, Tokyo. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1988 at 79 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
Paul Bonatz
German architect (1877-1956).
Born December 6th, 1877 in Solgne. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1956 at 79 years old in Stuttgart.
Jackie Fields
American boxer (1908–1987).
Born February 9th, 1908 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1987 at 79 years old in Los Angeles, Las Vegas.
Antonin Magne
French racing cyclist (1904–1983).
Born February 15th, 1904 in Ytrac.
Died September 8th, 1983 at 79 years old in Arcachon (Parkinson's disease).
Boris Paichadze
Soviet footballer (1915–1990).
Born February 3rd, 1915 in Chokhatauri.
Died October 9th, 1994 at 79 years old in Tbilisi.
Rakuten Kitazawa
Japanese manga artist (1876-1955).
Born July 20th, 1876 in Ōmiya-ku. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1955 at 79 years old [ref]
Franz Josef Degenhardt
German songwriter, writer and lawyer (1931–2011).
Born December 3rd, 1931 in Schwelm.
Died November 14th, 2011 at 79 years old in Quickborn. [ref]
James Harlan
American politician (1820-1899).
Born August 26th, 1820 in Clark County.
Died October 5th, 1899 at 79 years old in Mount Pleasant.
Alan Walker
British anthropologist (1938-2017).
Born August 23rd, 1938 in Leicester. [ref]
Died November 20th, 2017 at 79 years old [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner