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Dead at age 79
2,209 Notable deaths
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
British army officer (1880-1959).
Born May 6th, 1880 in Edinburgh.
Died September 22nd, 1959 at 79 years old in London.
Dorothy Arzner
American film director and film editor (1897–1979).
Born January 3rd, 1900 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1979 at 79 years old in La Quinta.
W. Lee O'Daniel
American politician (1890–1969).
Born March 11th, 1890 in Malta.
Died May 11th, 1969 at 79 years old in Dallas.
Helen E. Fisher
Canadian anthropologist (1945–2024).
Born May 31st, 1945 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2024 at 79 years old in The Bronx (endometrial cancer). [ref]
William Wesley Peters
American architect.
Born June 12th, 1912 in Indiana.
Died July 17th, 1991 at 79 years old in Madison.
John Taliaferro Thompson
United states army officer (1860-1940).
Born December 31st, 1860 in Newport.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 79 years old in Great Neck Peninsula.
James H. Cone
American theologian (1938–2018).
Born August 5th, 1938 in Fordyce. [ref]
Died April 28th, 2018 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Beradino
American infielder in major league baseball and an actor (1917-1996).
Born May 1st, 1917 in Los Angeles.
Died May 19th, 1996 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (pancreatic cancer).
Pat Patterson
Canadian-american professional wrestler.
Born January 19th, 1941 in Montreal.
Died December 2nd, 2020 at 79 years old in Miami (cancer). [ref]
Wifredo Lam
Cuban artist (1902-1982).
Born December 8th, 1902 in Sagua La Grande.
Died September 11th, 1982 at 79 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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