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In the year 1979
597 Notable deaths
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer.
Born June 6th, 1935 in St. Louis.
Died January 31st, 1979 at 43 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz
56th president of mexico.
Born March 12th, 1911 in Ciudad Serdan.
Died July 15th, 1979 at 68 years old in Mexico City (colorectal cancer).
Joyce Grenfell
British comedian, singer, actress (1910-1979).
Born February 10th, 1910 in Knightsbridge.
Died November 30th, 1979 at 69 years old in Chelsea (cancer).
Sonia Delaunay
French painter (1885–1979).
Born November 14th, 1885 in Hradyzk. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1979 at 94 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ann Dvorak
American actress (1911–1979).
Born August 2nd, 1912 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1979 at 67 years old in Honolulu (stomach cancer). [ref]
Immanuel Velikovsky
Russian, israeli and american author, known for his fringe catastrophist theories, widely considered as pseudoscientific by mainstream scholars.
Born June 10th, 1895 in Vitebsk.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 84 years old in Princeton. [ref]
I. A. Richards
English literary critic and rhetorician (1893–1979).
Born February 26th, 1893 in Sandbach.
Died September 7th, 1979 at 86 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979).
Born December 15th, 1911 in Wichita.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ukrainian-born american film composer.
Born May 22nd, 1899 in Kremenchuk.
Died November 11th, 1979 at 80 years old in London (hip fracture).
Emmaline Henry
American actress (1928-1979).
Born November 1st, 1928 in Philadelphia.
Died October 8th, 1979 at 50 years old in Palm Springs (brain cancer).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 597
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black