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Dead at age 79
2,209 Notable deaths
Carolee Schneemann
American visual experimental artist (1939–2019).
Born October 12th, 1939 in Fox Chase.
Died March 6th, 2019 at 79 years old in New Paltz (breast cancer).
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Soviet and kyrgyz author (1928–2008).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Sheker.
Died June 10th, 2008 at 79 years old in Nuremberg (pneumonia, kidney failure). [ref]
Richard Codey
New jersey state senator and former governor of new jersey.
Born November 27th, 1946 in Orange.
Died January 11th, 2026 at 79 years old in Roseland. [ref]
Giles Gilbert Scott
English architect (1880–1960).
Born November 9th, 1880 in Hampstead.
Died February 8th, 1960 at 79 years old in London (lung cancer).
Lewis Terman
American educational psychologist and academic (1877–1956).
Born January 15th, 1877 in Johnson County.
Died December 21st, 1956 at 79 years old in Palo Alto.
Bryce Courtenay
Australian novelist (1933–2012).
Born August 14th, 1933 in Johannesburg.
Died November 22nd, 2012 at 79 years old in Canberra (stomach cancer).
Ashfaq Ahmad
Pakistani philosopher, novelist (1925-2004).
Born August 22nd, 1925 in Firozpur.
Died September 7th, 2004 at 79 years old in Lahore (gallbladder cancer).
Robert Jarvik
American inventor, creator of the jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Born May 11th, 1946 in Midland.
Died May 26th, 2025 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
W. W. Jacobs
English author of short stories and novels (1863–1943).
Born September 8th, 1863 in Wapping.
Died September 1st, 1943 at 79 years old in Islington.
Michael Ancram
British politician and peer (1945–2024).
Born July 7th, 1945 in London.
Died October 1st, 2024 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