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Dead at age 79
1,707 Notable deaths
Alan MacDiarmid
New zealand chemist (1927-2007).
Born April 14th, 1927 in Masterton. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2007 at 79 years old in Drexel Hill (fall). [ref]
Andrija Mohorovičić
Croatian seismologist (1857–1936).
Born January 23rd, 1857 in Volosko.
Died December 18th, 1936 at 79 years old in Zagreb.
Ossip Zadkine
French sculptor and painter of russian origin.
Born July 14th, 1888 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1967 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Japanese manga artist.
Born June 10th, 1935 in Osaka. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2015 at 79 years old in Tokyo (lymphoma). [ref]
Phillip Johnson
American legal academic.
Born June 18th, 1940 in Aurora.
Died November 2nd, 2019 at 79 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer (1877–1957).
Born October 25th, 1877 in Oyster Bay.
Died February 18th, 1957 at 79 years old in Princeton.
Evita Muñoz
Mexican actress and comedian (1936-2016).
Born November 26th, 1936 in Orizaba.
Died August 23rd, 2016 at 79 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia).
Marilyn French
Novelist, critic (1929-2009).
Born November 21st, 1929 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 2009 at 79 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
E. Phillips Oppenheim
English novelist (1866–1946).
Born October 22nd, 1866 in London.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Saint Peter Port.
Tommy Loughran
American boxer (1902–1982).
Born November 29th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died July 7th, 1982 at 79 years old in Altoona.
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