Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 79
1,555 Notable deaths
Peter M. Neumann
Mathematician.
Born December 28th, 1940 in Oxford.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 79 years old in Oxford (COVID-19). [ref]
Cid Corman
American poet, translator and editor.
Born June 29th, 1924 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2004 at 79 years old in Kyoto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Carl Joachim Hambro
Norwegian politician (1885-1964).
Born January 5th, 1885 in Bergen.
Died December 15th, 1964 at 79 years old in Oslo.
G. N. Watson
English mathematician who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions (1886-1965).
Born January 31st, 1886 in Westward Ho!. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1965 at 79 years old in Royal Leamington Spa. [ref]
Margaret Mee
British botanical artist (1909-1988).
Born May 22nd, 1909 in Chesham.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 79 years old in Seagrave (traffic collision). [ref]
Max Nettlau
German anarchist and historian.
Born April 30th, 1865 in Neuwaldegg.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Henri Decoin
Film director, screenwriter.
Born March 18th, 1890 in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1969 at 79 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Wolfgang Abendroth
German polticial scientist and jurist (1906–1985).
Born May 2nd, 1906 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1985 at 79 years old in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Willard Van Dyke
American filmmaker and photographer (1906-1986).
Born December 5th, 1906 in Denver. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1986 at 79 years old in Jackson. [ref]
Deaths 801 to 810 of 1555
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore