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In the year 1979
599 Notable deaths
Alf Ross
Danish jurist (1899-1979).
Born June 10th, 1899 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1979 at 80 years old in Virum. [ref]
Ludwig Renn
German writer (1889-1979).
Born April 22nd, 1889 in Dresden. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1979 at 90 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Casey Robinson
American film director, film producer and screenwriter (1903–1979).
Born October 17th, 1903 in Logan.
Died December 6th, 1979 at 76 years old in Sydney (disease).
Lesley Selander
American film director.
Born May 26th, 1900 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1979 at 79 years old in Los Alamitos. [ref]
Leonid Bykov
Ukrainian soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1928-1979).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Cherkaske.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 50 years old in Vyshhorod Raion (traffic collision).
Wilhelm Oxenius
German military officer (1912-1979).
Born September 9th, 1912 in Kassel.
Died August 13th, 1979 at 66 years old in West Germany.
Ettore Manni
Italian actor (1927-1979).
Born May 6th, 1927 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1979 at 52 years old in Rome. [ref]
Maurizio Arena
Italian actor (1933–1979).
Born December 26th, 1933 in Rome.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 45 years old in Rome (renal colic, cardiac arrest).
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer and businessperson.
Born July 13th, 1912 in Pälkjärvi.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 301 to 310 of 599
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