In the year 1979

600 Notable deaths

Yervand Kochar

Artist, sculptor (1899-1979).

Born June 15th, 1899 in Tbilisi. [ref]

Died January 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Yerevan. [ref]

Zbigniew Seifert

Polish musician (1946-1979).

Born June 6th, 1946 in Kraków.

Died February 15th, 1979 at 32 years old in Buffalo.

Ermindo Onega

Argentine footballer.

Born April 4th, 1940 in Las Parejas.

Died December 21st, 1979 at 39 years old in Lima, Buenos Aires (traffic collision).

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

German astronomer.

Born April 4th, 1892 in Heidelberg.

Died May 6th, 1979 at 87 years old in Heidelberg.

Franklin Adreon

Screenwriter, director, producer, actor (1902-1979).

Born November 18th, 1902 in Gambrills.

Died September 10th, 1979 at 76 years old in Thousand Oaks.

Walter Dietrich

Swiss footballer (1902-1979).

Born December 24th, 1902 in Switzerland.

Died November 27th, 1979 at 76 years old

Alighiero Noschese

Italian actor (1932-1979).

Born November 25th, 1932 in Naples.

Died December 3rd, 1979 at 47 years old in Rome (gunshot wound).

Behçet Necatigil

Leading turkish author, poet and translator.

Born April 16th, 1916 in Istanbul. [ref]

Died December 13th, 1979 at 63 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]

Rob Slotemaker

Dutch racing driver.

Born June 13th, 1929 in Jakarta.

Died September 16th, 1979 at 50 years old in Zandvoort.

Josef Kotin

Russian engineer (1908-1979).

Born March 10th, 1908 in Pavlohrad. [ref]

Died October 21st, 1979 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.

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