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Dead at age 79
1,552 Notable deaths
Francis Lee
English footballer (1944–2023).
Born April 29th, 1944 in Westhoughton.
Died October 2nd, 2023 at 79 years old in Manchester (cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American author and social activist.
Born February 17th, 1879 in Lawrence. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Arlington. [ref]
Richard Fortey
British paleontologist (1946 – 2025).
Born February 15th, 1946 in London Borough of Ealing.
Died March 7th, 2025 at 79 years old [ref]
Sigfried Giedion
Swiss architectural historian.
Born April 14th, 1888 in Prague. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1968 at 79 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012).
Born September 19th, 1932 in Portsmouth.
Died July 10th, 2012 at 79 years old in Hampshire. [ref]
Afewerk Tekle
Ethiopian artist (1932-2012).
Born September 22nd, 1932 in Ankober. [ref]
Died April 10th, 2012 at 79 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Willem Mengelberg
Dutch conductor.
Born March 28th, 1871 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1951 at 79 years old in Zuort (stroke). [ref]
Benjamin Christensen
Danish actor (1879-1959).
Born September 28th, 1879 in Viborg. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1959 at 79 years old in Copenhagen.
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Polish boxer (1934-2014).
Born October 4th, 1934 in Bielsko-Biała.
Died May 19th, 2014 at 79 years old in Bielsko-Biała.
Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist.
Born November 25th, 1914 in Clarksdale.
Died July 13th, 1994 at 79 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid