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In the year 1979
599 Notable deaths
Karl Bodenschatz
German general (1890–1979).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Rehau.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 88 years old in Erlangen.
Walter Gerlach
German physicist (1889-1979).
Born August 1st, 1889 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1979 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]
Vsevolod Bobrov
Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1922–1979).
Born December 1st, 1922 in Morshansk.
Died July 1st, 1979 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Jocelyne LaGarde
French polynesian actor (1924-1979).
Born April 24th, 1924 in Papeete. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1979 at 55 years old in Papeete.
Maurice Challe
French general.
Born September 5th, 1905 in Le Pontet. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1979 at 73 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Frederick Stafford
Austrian actor (1928–1979).
Born March 11th, 1928 in Czechoslovakia, Piešťany.
Died July 28th, 1979 at 51 years old in Lugano.
Dick Huemer
American animator, screenwriter (1898–1979).
Born January 2nd, 1898 in New York City.
Died November 30th, 1979 at 81 years old in Burbank.
Mino Pecorelli
Italian journalist (1928–1979).
Born September 14th, 1928 in Sessano del Molise.
Died March 20th, 1979 at 50 years old in Rome.
Charles W. Morris
American philosopher (1903-1979).
Born May 23rd, 1903 in Denver. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1979 at 75 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Issa Pliyev
Soviet general (1903–1979).
Born November 25th, 1903 in Batako.
Died February 6th, 1979 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 599
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