Dead at age 79
1,545 Notable deaths
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology.
Born April 8th, 1859 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1938 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Bobby Rydell
American singer and teen idol.
Born April 26th, 1942 in Philadelphia.
Died April 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Abington Township (pneumonia). [ref]
José Eduardo dos Santos
President of angola from 1979 to 2017.
Born August 28th, 1942 in Luanda.
Died July 8th, 2022 at 79 years old in Barcelona (heart failure). [ref]
Audra Lindley
American actress (1918-1997).
Born September 24th, 1918 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1997 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia). [ref]
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor.
Born February 13th, 1910 in London.
Died August 12th, 1989 at 79 years old in Stanford (prostate cancer).
William Wyler
German-born american film director, producer and screenwriter (1902–1981).
Born July 1st, 1902 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1981 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer.
Born August 22nd, 1928 in Mödrath castle. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2007 at 79 years old in Kürten (heart failure). [ref]
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet politician (1895-1975).
Born June 11th, 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1975 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Iris Murdoch
Irish-born british writer and philosopher (1919–1999).
Born July 15th, 1919 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1999 at 79 years old in Oxford (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Tim Brooke-Taylor
English comedian and actor (1940-2020).
Born July 17th, 1940 in Buxton.
Died April 12th, 2020 at 79 years old in Cookham (COVID-19). [ref]
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe