Dead at age 79
1,772 Notable deaths
Jack Pierce
American makeup artist (1889-1968).
Died July 19th, 1968 at 79 years old in Hollywood (uremia).
Lawrence Stone
English historian (1919-1999).
Born December 4th, 1919 in Epsom.
Died June 16th, 1999 at 79 years old in London (Parkinson's disease).
Florence Roberts
American actress (1861–1940).
Born March 16th, 1861 in Frederick.
Died June 6th, 1940 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Frank R. Paul
American science fiction illustrator (1884–1963).
Born April 18th, 1884 in Vienna.
Died June 29th, 1963 at 79 years old in Teaneck.
Mariano Azuela
Mexican author and physician (1873–1952).
Born January 1st, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 79 years old in Mexico City.
Blagoje Adžić
Minister of defence of yugoslavia (1932–2012).
Born September 2nd, 1932 in Pridvorica. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2012 at 79 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Denis de Rougemont
Swiss writer (1906-1985).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Couvet.
Died December 6th, 1985 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Tadashi Maeda
Japanese admiral.
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Died December 13th, 1977 at 79 years old in Japan.
Ludwig Deutsch
Austrian orientalist painter (1855-1935).
Born May 13th, 1855 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1935 at 79 years old in Paris.
Leopoldine Konstantin
Austrian actress (1886-1965).
Born March 12th, 1886 in Brno.
Died December 14th, 1965 at 79 years old in Vienna.
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami