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Dead at age 79
1,713 Notable deaths
Ryhor Baradulin
Belarusian poet, essayist and translator.
Born February 24th, 1935.
Died March 2nd, 2014 at 79 years old in Minsk (heart failure).
Jolanta Lothe
Polish actress.
Born April 19th, 1942 in Vilnius.
Died April 1st, 2022 at 79 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ewald Balser
Actor (1898-1978).
Born October 5th, 1898 in Elberfeld.
Died April 17th, 1978 at 79 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Julien Tiersot
French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936).
Born July 5th, 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1936 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
Sverre Stenersen
Norwegian nordic combined skier (1926-2005).
Born June 18th, 1926 in Målselv.
Died December 16th, 2005 at 79 years old in Målselv.
Šime Đodan
Croatian politician (1927-2007).
Born December 27th, 1927 in Benkovac.
Died October 2nd, 2007 at 79 years old in Dubrovnik. [ref]
Olav Nilsen
Norwegian association football player and manager (1942 - 2021).
Born January 24th, 1942 in Stavanger.
Died October 11th, 2021 at 79 years old [ref]
Heiri Suter
Swiss racing cyclist (1899-1978).
Born July 10th, 1899 in Gränichen.
Died November 6th, 1978 at 79 years old in Bülach.
Vincentas Sladkevičius
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 20th, 1920 in Žasliai.
Died May 28th, 2000 at 79 years old in Kaunas.
Leo Funtek
Slovenian-born violinist, conductor, arranger and professor (1885-1965).
Born August 21st, 1885 in Ljubljana.
Died January 13th, 1965 at 79 years old in Helsinki.
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