Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 79
2,208 Notable deaths
Leslie Charleson
American actress (1945–2025).
Born February 22nd, 1945 in Kansas City.
Died January 12th, 2025 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Charles Ives
American modernist composer (1874–1954).
Born October 20th, 1874 in Danbury.
Died May 19th, 1954 at 79 years old in New York City.
Alf Ramsey
English association football player and manager (1920-1999).
Born January 22nd, 1920 in Dagenham.
Died April 28th, 1999 at 79 years old in Ipswich (myocardial infarction).
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher.
Born November 16th, 1895 in Oryol.
Died March 7th, 1975 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Ira Einhorn
American murderer (1940–2020).
Born May 15th, 1940 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 2020 at 79 years old in State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands. [ref]
George Dewey
United states navy admiral (1837–1917).
Born December 26th, 1837 in Montpelier.
Died January 16th, 1917 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C..
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Archduchess of austria (1883-1963).
Born September 2nd, 1883 in Laxenburg.
Died March 17th, 1963 at 79 years old in Vienna.
Kinky Friedman
American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024).
Born November 1st, 1944 in Chicago.
Died June 27th, 2024 at 79 years old in Medina. [ref]
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet diplomat.
Born July 18th, 1909 in Staryja Hramykі.
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Maria Schell
Austrian-swiss actress (1926–2005).
Born January 15th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 79 years old in Preitenegg (pneumonia).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 2208
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks