Dead at age 79
2,210 Notable deaths
Emil Racoviță
Romanian polar explorer (1868–1947).
Born November 15th, 1868 in Iași.
Died November 19th, 1947 at 79 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Kenichi Fukui
Japanese chemist (1918–1998).
Born October 4th, 1918 in Nara.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 79 years old in Kyoto (cancer).
Gordon Ingram
American firearm inventor and businessperson.
Born December 30th, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died November 4th, 2004 at 79 years old
Horst-Dieter Höttges
German association football player (1943–2023).
Born September 10th, 1943 in Mönchengladbach.
Died June 22nd, 2023 at 79 years old in Verden. [ref]
Abram Ioffe
Soviet physicist (1880–1960).
Born October 29th, 1880 in Romny. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1960 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Mark Medoff
American actor and writer (1940-2019).
Born March 18th, 1940 in Mount Carmel.
Died April 23rd, 2019 at 79 years old in Las Cruces (falling from height). [ref]
Patrick Allen
British actor (1927–2006).
Born March 17th, 1927 in Nyasaland.
Died July 28th, 2006 at 79 years old in London. [ref]
Willem Mengelberg
Dutch conductor (1871-1951).
Born March 28th, 1871 in Utrecht.
Died March 22nd, 1951 at 79 years old in Zuort (stroke). [ref]
Aaron Douglas
African-american painter, illustrator and visual arts educator (1899–1979).
Born May 26th, 1899 in Topeka. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Mohammed Hussain Azad
Indian writer and poet.
Born June 10th, 1830 in Mughal Empire, Delhi.
Died January 22nd, 1910 at 79 years old in Punjab, Lahore, British Raj.
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut