Dead at age 79
1,555 Notable deaths
Tom Krause
Finnish operatic bass-baritone.
Born July 5th, 1934 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2013 at 79 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Sig Arno
German-born stage and film actor.
Born December 25th, 1895 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1975 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Peter Brabrook
English footballer (1937-2016).
Born November 8th, 1937 in Greenwich.
Died December 10th, 2016 at 79 years old in Basildon. [ref]
Herbert Greenfield
Canadian politician (1869-1949).
Born November 25th, 1869 in Winchester.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Calgary.
Klim Churyumov
Ukrainian astronomer and children's poet.
Born February 19th, 1937 in Mykolaiv.
Died October 14th, 2016 at 79 years old in Kharkiv (stroke). [ref]
Robert Waseige
Belgian footballer (1939-2019).
Born August 26th, 1939 in Rocourt.
Died July 17th, 2019 at 79 years old in Liège. [ref]
Samuel T. Durrance
American scientist.
Born September 17th, 1943 in Tallahassee.
Died May 5th, 2023 at 79 years old in Viera. [ref]
Violet Hunt
British writer (1862-1942).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Durham.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 79 years old in Campden Hill.
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda
Brazilian writer and historian.
Born July 11th, 1902 in São Paulo.
Died April 24th, 1982 at 79 years old in São Paulo.
Nanni Galli
Italian racing driver.
Born October 2nd, 1940 in Bologna.
Died October 12th, 2019 at 79 years old in Prato. [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde