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Dead at age 79
1,707 Notable deaths
Hal Mohr
American cinematographer.
Born August 2nd, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died May 10th, 1974 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Jan Němec
Czech director, scriptwriter and university educator (1936-2016).
Born July 12th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2016 at 79 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Park Wan-suh
South korean writer (1931–2011).
Born October 20th, 1931 in Gapyeong County.
Died January 22nd, 2011 at 79 years old in Guri (gallbladder cancer).
Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
German general (1895–1975).
Born December 23rd, 1895 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1975 at 79 years old in Koblenz. [ref]
Georgios Jakobides
Greek painter (1853-1932).
Born January 11th, 1853 in Chidira.
Died December 13th, 1932 at 79 years old in Athens.
Pyotr Konchalovsky
Russian artist (1876-1956).
Born February 21st, 1876 in Sloviansk. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Shigeru Kayano
Ainu politician (1926-2006).
Born June 15th, 1926 in Nibutani. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2006 at 79 years old in Higashi-ku (pneumonia). [ref]
Rexhep Mitrovica
Albanian politician and axis collaborator (1888-1967).
Born January 15th, 1888 in Mitrovica. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1967 at 79 years old in Istanbul.
Roderic O'Conor
Irish artist (1860-1940).
Born October 17th, 1860 in Castleplunket.
Died March 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Nueil-sur-Layon.
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Gymnast (1921–2001).
Born October 17th, 1921 in Yevpatoriia.
Died July 22nd, 2001 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv.
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan