Dead at age 79
1,550 Notable deaths
Robert Monroe
American founder of the monroe institute.
Born October 30th, 1915 in Lexington.
Died March 17th, 1995 at 79 years old
Giles Gilbert Scott
English architect.
Born November 9th, 1880 in Liverpool.
Died February 8th, 1960 at 79 years old in London (lung cancer).
Carolee Schneemann
American photographer, performance artist, and video artist.
Born October 12th, 1939 in Fox Chase. [ref]
Died March 6th, 2019 at 79 years old in New Paltz (breast cancer). [ref]
Joan Robinson
English economist (1903–1983).
Born October 31st, 1903 in Camberley.
Died August 5th, 1983 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Helen Gahagan Douglas
American actress and politician.
Born November 25th, 1900 in Boonton. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1980 at 79 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (lung cancer, breast cancer). [ref]
Bryce Courtenay
Australian novelist.
Born August 14th, 1933 in Johannesburg.
Died November 22nd, 2012 at 79 years old in Canberra (stomach cancer).
Natalia Sedova
Russian revolutionary and second wife of leon trotsky (1882-1962).
Born April 5th, 1882 in Romny.
Died January 23rd, 1962 at 79 years old in Corbeil-Essonnes.
Phyllis Kirk
Actress (1927-2006).
Born September 18th, 1927 in Syracuse.
Died October 19th, 2006 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Keke Geladze
Mother of joseph stalin.
Born February 5th, 1858 in Gori. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1937 at 79 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Jimmy Wang Yu
Taiwanese actor and filmmaker.
Born March 28th, 1943 in Shanghai.
Died April 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Taipei. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 1550
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman