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Dead at age 79
2,203 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).
Józef Łobodowski
Polish poet (1909–1988).
Born March 19th, 1909 in Purviškė.
Died April 18th, 1988 at 79 years old in Madrid.
Jolanta Lothe
Polish actress (1942–2022).
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).
Dorothea Pertz
English botanist (1859-1939).
Born March 14th, 1859 in London.
Died March 6th, 1939 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Julien Tiersot
French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936).
Born July 5th, 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse.
Died August 10th, 1936 at 79 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Sverre Stenersen
Norwegian nordic combined skier (1926-2005).
Born June 18th, 1926 in Målselv.
Died December 17th, 2005 at 79 years old in Målselv. [ref]
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.
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