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In the year 1979
599 Notable deaths
Ugo Spirito
Italian academic.
Born September 9th, 1896 in Arezzo.
Died April 28th, 1979 at 82 years old in Rome.
Jack Mulhall
American actor (1887-1979).
Born October 7th, 1887 in Wappingers Falls.
Died June 1st, 1979 at 91 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
German politician (1894-1979).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Bremen.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 85 years old in East Berlin.
Dewey F. Bartlett
(1919-1979) us politician.
Born March 28th, 1919 in Marietta.
Died March 1st, 1979 at 59 years old in Tulsa (lung cancer).
Pavlo Shandruk
Ukrainian military officer (1889–1979).
Born February 28th, 1889 in Borsuky.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 89 years old in Trenton.
John Slessor
Senior commander in the royal air force.
Born June 3rd, 1897 in Ranikhet.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in RAF Wroughton.
Beatrice Hicks
Engineer from the united states.
Born January 2nd, 1919 in Orange.
Died October 21st, 1979 at 60 years old in Princeton.
Joseíto Fernández
Cuban musician.
Born September 5th, 1908 in Havana. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1979 at 71 years old in Havana.
Marcel L'Herbier
Film director.
Born April 23rd, 1888 in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 26th, 1979 at 91 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 599
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