Dead at age 79
1,555 Notable deaths
Ceija Stojka
Austrian-romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the holocaust (1933-2013).
Born May 23rd, 1933 in Kraubath an der Mur. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2013 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Ružica Sokić
Serbian actress and writer.
Born December 14th, 1934 in Belgrade.
Died December 19th, 2013 at 79 years old in Belgrade (Alzheimer's disease).
Aysel Gürel
Turkish poet and songwriter.
Born February 7th, 1929 in Denizli.
Died February 17th, 2008 at 79 years old in Istanbul (chronic bronchitis).
Elmar Altvater
German marxist academic (1938-2018).
Born August 24th, 1938 in Kamen.
Died May 1st, 2018 at 79 years old in Berlin.
Yrjö Väisälä
Finnish astronomer and physicist.
Born September 6th, 1891 in Kontiolahti. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1971 at 79 years old in Rymättylä.
Alexander Pines
Israeli-born american chemist (1945–2024).
Born June 22nd, 1945 in Tel Aviv.
Died November 1st, 2024 at 79 years old [ref]
Conrad Felixmüller
German artist (1897-1977).
Born May 21st, 1897 in Dresden. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1977 at 79 years old in Zehlendorf. [ref]
Kazimierz Michałowski
Polish archaeologist and egyptologist.
Born December 14th, 1901 in Ternopil. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1981 at 79 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Yevgeny Tarle
Soviet historian and academician of the russian academy of sciences (1874-1955).
Born November 8th, 1875 in Kyiv.
Died January 5th, 1955 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Júlio César de Mello e Souza
Brazilian mathematician.
Born May 6th, 1895 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died June 18th, 1974 at 79 years old in Recife.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin